DEMOCRATS

NPR -  Top Democratic National Committee members will meet in Washington over the next two days to discuss rules for picking new leadership and reflect on this year. The Democratic Party lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to retake control of the House during the recent election cycle. Now, the next chair of the DNC will have a lot of work ahead of them.

The Democratic Party has faded in relevance and strategy over the last few election cycles, making way for super PACs to take the lead in highly specific swing states, according to NPR’s Stephen Fowler. Fowler says there's growing acknowledgement that the DNC needs to focus more on year-round organizing, recruitment and fundraising. He adds they also need  to help state parties -- especially in Republican-led states -- with these efforts. There’s a feeling among party leaders that the next DNC chair needs to be someone with experience leading that type of always-on campaigning style. Two leading candidates are Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler of Wisconsin.