Democrats elect Minnesota's Ken Martin as their new leader


FILE PHOTO: A flag with a logo of the Democratic Party flies in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S., April 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Looking to rebuild after the party's election loss to Donald Trump in November, the Democratic National Committee on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the leader of the state party in Minnesota, as its new chair.

Martin will be tasked with reversing the fortunes of a bruised and demoralized Democratic Party that not only lost control of the White House last November but failed to win either chamber of Congress.

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