Benjamin McDonald Wikler (born February 3, 1981) is an American political organizer who has been the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since July 2019. A former senior advisor at MoveOn, Nancy Pelosi called him a "preeminent state party chair.” [1][2]

So I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee—to UNITE, FIGHT, and WIN across every state and territory in our country. Unite. We must unite our Party around long-term plans to organize, recruit, and build teams to compete at every level in every state.

Ben Wikler was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in June of 2019. Since then, he has led the party through a string of historic victories, including Wisconsin’s defeat of Trump in 2020, Governor Evers’ reelection in 2022, and two landmark state Supreme Court wins that delivered a progressive majority to the Court for the ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The leading candidates, Minnesota’s Ken Martin and Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler, are low-profile state party chairs with few obvious differences in how they would lead. Neither candidate is promising radical change. And those who are, including former Bernie Sanders campaign chief Faiz Shakir and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson ...

Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, says he's joined the race to lead the national party after an election that swept Donald Trump and Republicans to power in Washington.

Jan 24, 2025 · The contender seen as a modest underdog, Ben Wikler, the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, has been scrambling to show that he can overcome Ken Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota ...

3 days ago · After two months of campaigning, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler lost his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee. In an election held Saturday outside Washington D.C., Democratic National Committee delegates chose Ken Martin of Minnesota as the party’s next chair. Martin won 246.5 of 428 votes.

In 2019, Wisconsin Democrats elected Ben as their statewide chair. Ben has chaired the WisDems through five years of extraordinarily intense elections—and multiple historic victories. In the 2020 presidential race, Wisconsin flipped from red to blue.

Dec 1, 2024 · Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman and a prolific party fund-raiser with deep connections in Washington, announced on Sunday that he was entering the race to lead the Democratic...

Dec 1, 2024 · Since losing the White House and U.S. Senate in the 2024 election, Democrats are looking for new leadership — Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, has joined the race to lead the national party, with the DNC choosing a new chair in February 2025.