Updates from the DNC

From our friend, Jason Rae, Secretary of the Democratic National Committee: Dear DNC Member, I enjoyed seeing so many of you and having the chance to catch up this past weekend in Washington, D.C. at the DNC’s winter meeting. I left feeling energized about the work that we have done…

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DNC Announces Framework for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debates

From our friend, Jason Rae, Secretary of the Democratic National Committee: Washington, D.C. — Since his campaign for chair of the Democratic National Committee, DNC Chair Tom Perez has promised to conduct a presidential primary process that is transparent, fair, inclusive, and puts the party in the best possible position…

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Notes from DNC Executive Committee Meeting on June 9, 2018

From an email from our friends at the Democratic National Committee, Jason Rae and Khary Penebaker: The DNC Executive Committee met on Saturday, June 9 in Providence, Rhode Island. The Executive Committee heard from a number of current and former elected officials from Rhode Island. RI Dems Vice Chair and…

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Updates from the DNC Meeting in Las Vegas

Dear Wisconsin Democrats, I wanted to share with you an update on the recent DNC meeting we held in Las Vegas. I believe it is important to be as transparent as we can as a party about how we operate. I’m proud of the new DNC and the things we…

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Wisconsin State Dems Tried to Sandbag DNC Election of Jason Rae

I had the opportunity to talk with Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy about this on Monday night and totally blanked on the importance of this story. I apologize for not getting it out front before this evening. But Wisconsin Democratic stalwart (the hardest working Dem that I know) and incumbent member…

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Wisconsin’s Jason Rae Elected DNC Secretary

My friend Jason Rae has been elected the Secretary of the Democratic National Committee. Congratulations Jason! He was originally elected to represent Wisconsin on the DNC at the tender age of 17. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers his rise in the DNC and his backstory here in Wisconsin : Determination…

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Jason Rae: I offer a unique perspective on the challenges our party faces and how we can address those challenges

Editor’s Note: Last week I reached out to each of the five candidates for DPW Chair and asked each of them to send me a guest blog for Blogging Blue outlining why they were the best candidate for DPW Chair. What follows is Jason Rae’s response. I want to share…

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How the Democratic Party Chair candidates want to move the party forward

With the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 convention fast approaching, there’s been a lot said and written about each of the five candidates for DPW Chair, including some not-so-nice attacks on some of the candidates. What I wanted to do is take a few minutes to outline the vision each…

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CogDis: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin By the Numbers

Over at Cognitive Dissidence, DFL: DATA, FACTS, LOGIC has an interesting piece up outlining just how easy it may end up being for political consultant Jason Rae to end up as the next Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, thanks almost entirely to Milwaukee County’s convention delegates. As noted…

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Thad Nation: “I run a firm with a lot of different clients. We work with both Republicans and Democrats and we employ Democrats and Republicans.”

Bruce Murphy of Urban Milwaukee has an excellent report on a recent revelation by blogger Aaron Camp that Thad Nation, the principle behind Nation Consulting, has strong ties to a number of right-wing organizations, including at least four that are funded either directly or indirectly by the Koch Brothers. Camp…

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