Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a leading member of the Democratic Party's progressive wing, said today that he’ll announce "real soon” whether he will run to head the party in the wake of its stunning 2016 election losses.
Ellison said on ABC News' "This Week" that the next chair of the Democratic National Committee needs to have “vision” and the ability to mobilize party members at the grassroots level.
Democratic politicians need to be talking to “guys in the barber shop, the lady in the diner, the folks worrying whether or not the plant is going to close. They should be our focus,” Ellison said. Democrats "need to put the voters first, not the donors first."
In 2006, Ellison became the first Muslim elected to Congress and the first black member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation. He co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Senators Charles Schumer, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have stated their support for Ellison to become the new chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Ellison said he has been talking with people “all over the country” including city council members, grassroots politicians and other Democratic Party officials in the wake of the Democrats' election losses.
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