Ken Martin, a longtime Minnesota state party leader, was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday.
Martin, chair of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, defeated Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler on the first ballot, earning 246.5 votes out of the 428 cast. Wikler received 134.5 votes.
In his victory speech, Martin called for party unity and to focus on opposing President Donald Trump.
“We have one team, the Democratic Party, and we have one fight. The fight’s not in here, it’s out there,” he said, according to NBC News. “The fight right now is against Donald Trump and the billionaires who bought this country.”
