Political Party/527

Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Logo of the Democratic Party of the United States. Light blue D inside a darker blue circle. (link)
Website:

democrats.org/

Type:

Political Party

Formation:

1848

Location:

Washington, D.C.

Chair:

Tom Perez

Deputy Chair:

Keith Ellison

Finance Chair:

Henry R. Muñoz III

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the governing body of the Democratic Party. The DNC sets the Democratic Party’s platform, facilitates the Democratic presidential nomination process, and coordinates state-level strategy.

As of 2022, its chair is former unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate from South Carolina Jaime Harrison.

Structure

Senior Leadership

As of 2022, the Democratic National Committee was chaired by Jaime Harrison. Harrison previously worked as the Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and was a Democratic candidate for Senate, a bid which he ultimately lost despite setting a fundraising record for South Carolina Senate races. 13

Chinagate

In September 1996, the Los Angeles Times broke a story alleging that the DNC was receiving millions of dollars in donations from the government of the People’s Republic of China through various front-organizations and individuals. Amid the controversy, the DNC returned $3 million in questionable donations, which largely came from DNC fundraisers John Huang and Yah Lin Trie. 0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i