Benjamin McDonald Wikler (born February 3, 1981) is an American organizer, political figure, and the chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since July 2019. He is a former senior advisor at MoveOn. He has been called the "preeminent state party chair.” [1] [2]

Ben Wikler was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in June of 2019. Since then, he has led the party through a string of historic victories, including Wisconsin’s defeat of Trump in 2020, Governor Evers’ reelection in 2022, and two landmark state Supreme Court wins that delivered a progressive majority to the Court for the ...

3 days ago · Among the candidates vying to lead the Democratic National Committee is Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler, who has served as chair of the state Democratic Party since 2019. His fiercest competition to lead the national Democratic Party comes from Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

1 day ago · The leading candidates, Minnesota’s Ken Martin and Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler, are low-profile state party chairs with few obvious differences in how they would lead. Neither candidate is promising radical change. And those who are, including former Bernie Sanders campaign chief Faiz Shakir and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson ...

In 2018, Ben and his family moved to Wisconsin, where Ben volunteered with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (WisDems) as Tony Evers defeated Scott Walker and Democrats swept every statewide election for the first time since 1982. In 2019, Wisconsin Democrats elected Ben as their statewide chair.

Dec 1, 2024 · Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, says he's joined the race to lead the national party after an election that swept Donald Trump and Republicans to power in Washington.

6 days ago · The contender seen as a modest underdog, Ben Wikler, the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, has been scrambling to show that he can overcome Ken Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Wikler, 43, is now running to head the Democratic National Committee—at a time of low morale, disillusionment with current leadership, and uncertainty as to where it goes from here. How would he...

Jan 24, 2025 · Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention during a news conference, April 18, 2024, in Chicago.

Aug 11, 2023 · Since becoming chair in 2019, Wikler has brought his party back from virtual irrelevance in Wisconsin. Four years after Donald Trump had demolished the so-called blue wall in the upper Midwest,...