Stay updated with breaking news from Steph nir hanson. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Advisors inside the Trump Campaign and russia. And democrats have elected former secretary of labor tom perez their new dnc chairman. Congressman Keith Ellison who came in second place was quickly named deputy chairman. Joining me now live from atlanta is msnbc political reporter alex sykes wall. Reporter hey, stephanie. A very dramatic end, stephanie, after a very heated race. It lasted four months since november. It really tore at the fabric of this party after a devastating loss that has seen the party come out of power more than they have been since the 1920s. This is the first competitive chairmanship race in over 30 years, so tom perez has won. He narrowly won. He only fell short by one vote on the first ballot. Then won by 17 on the second ballot, and immediately began working to heal that rift. Keith ellison, the runnerup, also working to do that. Theyre going to hold ....
If they trust me, they need to come on and trust tom perez as well. that s what i m telling them. let me tell you, i ve had a benefit of sitting next to this man on many, many debates, and, of course, tom and i were friends before that, and i have heard a vision that i share. it got to the point where, you know, we kind of agreed on a lot of things. you know? there was one press report i love you guys, and you know that, but one press report that said there s not enough arguing going on in this particular race because i think there s a consensus that, as tom said, we re going to build from dog catcher to the senate, and we re going to fight in every state and every county, every territory, and democrats abroad. there are fights going on like today. steph nir hanson is on the ballot today. our revolution led to bernie sanders, who i want to thank, by ....