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]

4 days ago · Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler came up short in his bid to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. He was defeated by current DNC vice chair and head of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Ken Martin.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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 Sc…

Jan 29, 2025 · Ben Wikler gives a brief presentation at the start of a biweekly Student Senate meeting in 1999 at the Madison school district's Doyle Administration Building. Wikler, then a senior at West High School, helped initiate the move to elect a student representative to the School Board and create a Student Senate.

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 …

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.

Jan 27, 2025 · Among the candidates vying to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee is Ben Wikler, chair of Wisconsin’s Democratic Party.

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 24, 2025 · Seven sitting governors are throwing their support behind Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler's run for Democratic National Committee 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.