Election News Digest: June 15

Here are the 4 candidates running for DNC vice chair

Four candidates are vying for two vice chair spots on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a majority of members voted earlier this week to redo the election of David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta.

Oklahoma DNC committee member Kalyn Free, who lost a bid for vice chair, filed a challenge in February over the way the election was conducted, alleging it unfairly advantaged the male candidates running.

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Randi Weingarten Quits D.N.C. Post in Dispute With Chairman

Randi Weingarten, the longtime leader of one of the nation’s most influential labor unions and a major voice in Democratic politics, has resigned from the Democratic National Committee. She pointed to disagreements with the party’s new chairman, Ken Martin.

Ms. Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, had supported Mr. Martin’s rival in the chairmanship race early this year, Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Mr. Martin subsequently removed Ms. Weingarten from the party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, a powerful body that sets the calendar and process for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating process.

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