Benjamin McDonald Wikler (born February 3, 1981) is an American organizer, political figure, and the chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since July 2019. He is a former senior advisor at MoveOn .

1 day ago · Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has backed Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC), following an endorsement by Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...

3 days ago · Among the candidates vying to lead the Democratic National Committee is Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler, who has served as chair of the state Democratic Party since 2019. His fiercest competition to lead the national Democratic Party comes from Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

1 day ago · 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 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 ...

Dec 1, 2024 · 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.

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, who has led the Wisconsin Democratic Party since 2019, announced a bid to be national party chair with a platform to “unite, fight, win.”

Aug 16, 2024 · Ben Wikler has been the chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since 2019. When the Democratic National Convention convenes in Chicago Aug. 19-22, a central figure from Wisconsin...

In Wisconsin, we run a permanent campaign. We organize and communicate year-round, in every community—and it works. We've ended GOP control and unrigged our state. What has made a difference here can make a difference everywhere.