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| 2025 | Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party since 2016, was elected president of the Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC), succeeding Ken Martin who had served as president since 2017. |
| 2025 | Sherrod Brown's term as U.S. Senator from Ohio ends, and Pete Buttigieg's term as Transportation Secretary concludes |
| February 1 2025 | DNC chair election held during the party's winter meeting, with 448 DNC members voting and a simple majority required to win. |
| February 1 2025 | Democratic National Committee held its chairmanship election at the winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. Ken Martin won the election on the first ballot with 246.5 votes, succeeding Jaime Harrison who did not seek a second term. |
| January 30 2025 | Eighth and final DNC chairmanship election debate hosted in Washington, D.C. by Democratic National Committee and MSNBC at 3:00 p.m. ET, with full candidate participation. |
| January 25 2025 | Deadline for prospective Democratic National Committee chair candidates to submit a nominating statement signed by 40 DNC members. |
| January 24 2025 | Seventh DNC chairmanship election debate hosted in Charleston, SC by Democratic National Committee and South Carolina Democratic Party at 6:00 p.m. ET, with some candidates absent. |
| January 23 2025 | Sixth DNC chairmanship election debate hosted virtually by Democratic National Committee at 2:00 p.m. ET, with some candidates withdrawing. |
| January 16 2025 | Fifth DNC chairmanship election debate hosted in Detroit, MI by Democratic National Committee and Politico at 7:30 p.m. ET, with some candidates withdrawing. |
| January 2025 | Four candidate forums featuring qualifying candidates were held to discuss the DNC chairmanship. |
| January 14 2025 | Fourth DNC chairmanship election debate hosted virtually by Brian Tyler Cohen and Leigh McGowan at 8:00 p.m. ET, livestreamed on YouTube, with Skoufis absent. |
| January 11 2025 | Third DNC chairmanship election debate hosted virtually by Democratic National Committee at 4:00 p.m. ET, livestreamed on YouTube with full candidate participation. |
| January 6 2025 | Second DNC chairmanship election debate hosted virtually by DNC Labor Council at 6:00 p.m. ET, livestreamed on YouTube with full candidate participation. |
| 2024 | Laphonza Butler's term as U.S. Senator from California ends, and Marcia Fudge's term as HUD Secretary concludes |
| 2024 | Marianne Williamson launched her second presidential campaign as a Democratic candidate. |
| 2024 | Robert Houton was disqualified from the Democratic National Committee chairmanship election after previously running in the 2024 United States Senate election in Maryland. |
| December 12 2024 | Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee met to vote on the chair election process. |
| December 7 2024 | First DNC chairmanship election debate hosted by Young Democrats of America in Boston, MA, featuring multiple candidates and livestreamed on YouTube at 4:45 p.m. ET. |
| November 25 2024 | Jaime Harrison officially announced he would not seek re-election as DNC chair following Kamala Harris's defeat in the presidential election. |
| November 6 2024 | Reuters reports that Jaime Harrison will not seek re-election as chair of the Democratic National Committee following the party's defeat in the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| November 6 2024 | An all-staff meeting was held to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election and potential timeline for leadership vote, with a leadership vote initially scheduled by March 1, 2025. |
| 2023 | Martin O'Malley becomes commissioner of the Social Security Administration |
| 2022 | Rahm Emanuel became U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and Stacey Abrams was a candidate for governor of Georgia |
| 2021 | Virginia McGregor becomes the DNC treasurer, representing Pennsylvania and serving from 2021 to the present. |
| 2021 | Pete Buttigieg became U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Laphonza Butler became president of EMILY's List, and Marcia Fudge became U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| January 2021 | Jaime Harrison was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee following Joe Biden's presidential election victory. |
| 2020 | Pete Buttigieg was a candidate for president and ended his term as mayor of South Bend |
| 2020 | Marianne Williamson first ran for president as a Democratic candidate. |
| 2020 | Faiz Shakir serves as campaign manager for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign |
| 2019 | Andy Beshear became governor of Kentucky, and Mallory McMorrow became a Michigan state senator from the 8th district |
| 2019 | James Skoufis began serving as a member of the New York State Senate, continuing his political career after previously serving in the New York State Assembly. |
| 2019 | Ben Wikler becomes chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party |
| July 30 2019 | Judge John G. Koeltl dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, ruling that holding WikiLeaks liable for publishing DNC emails would endanger press freedom, and affirming that the Russian Federation enjoys state immunity. |
| April 18 2019 | Plaintiff formally opposed the motions to dismiss filed by the defendants and WikiLeaks. |
| March 4 2019 | Defendants filed motions to dismiss the second amended complaint. WikiLeaks also filed a motion to dismiss on the same day. |
| January 18 2019 | The complaint was further amended by the plaintiff. |
| 2018 | Stacey Abrams was a candidate for governor of Georgia |
| December 7 2018 | WikiLeaks filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing First Amendment grounds and lack of jurisdiction. |
| December 6 2018 | Defendants Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, Aras and Emin Agalarov, Jared Kushner, Roger Stone, and the Trump campaign filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint. |
| November 8 2018 | Keith Ellison resigned from the DNC deputy chair position after winning the Minnesota Attorney General election. |
| October 3 2018 | The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed an amended complaint in the lawsuit. |
| September 13 2018 | A pre-motion conference was held in the Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation legal case. |
| February 2018 | Rick Gates pleads guilty to conspiracy and lying to the FBI, and begins cooperating in the investigation related to the DNC lawsuit. |
| 2017 | Ken Martin began serving as president of the Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC), succeeding a previous president. |
| 2017 | Bill Derrough succeeds Andrew Tobias as DNC treasurer, representing New York from 2017 to 2021. |
| 2017 | Democratic National Committee chairmanship election held to select a new party chair following Donna Brazile's interim leadership, with multiple potential candidates declining to run. |
| 2017 | Michael Blake served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Pete Buttigieg was a candidate for DNC chair |
| 2017 | Ken Martin becomes vice chair of the Democratic National Committee |
| February 2017 | Tom Perez re-established the deputy chair position after winning the DNC Chair race, and appointed Keith Ellison as deputy chair in an effort to bridge divisions between Clinton and Sanders supporters within the Democratic Party. |
| February 25 2017 | Pete Buttigieg dropped out on the day of the election without endorsing another candidate. Howard Dean subsequently shifted his endorsement from Buttigieg to Keith Ellison. |
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