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Ken Martin, the chair of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer Labor party, was elected the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

MSNBC and Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service will host a forum for candidates to lead the Democratic National Committee on Jan. 30, with the event streamed on the network’s YouTube channel.

Kerry Washington, LeToya Luckett-Coles, John Legend and Stevie Wonder have taped radio spots for a new Democratic National Committee ad campaign targeting Black voters to cast ballots.

As Georgia gets ready to kick off early voting next week on October 15, the DNC is launching a mobile billboard campaign for Atlanta Pride this weekend to encourage LGBTQ Georgians to visit IWillVote.com, and VoyAVotar.com to make a plan to get out and vote.

(Updated 8:21 PM PT with VP statement) In record time, the current Vice President of the United States has a gathered a strong enough majority of pledged Democratic delegates to win the nomination for President on the first ballot next month.

anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policy,” GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement that also chastised national media outlets for dismissing LGBTQ people and concerns as somehow not legitimate.“LGBTQ Americans are taxpayers, family members, colleagues, classmates, neighbors and friends, and our concerns are the same as any Americans: our freedom to be ourselves to live in safety and dignity, the right to make private health care decisions, read books of our choosing, marry who we love, and not be discriminated against for who we are,” Ellis continued.Vance has a history of making inflammatory, combative statements on various issues.With respect to LGBTQ rights, Vance opposes marriage equality, nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, and in vitro fertilization, which is crucial to helping many LGBTQ couples form families. He has dismissed transgender identity as not real, introduced legislation to criminalize doctors who assist transgender youth in accessing gender-affirming treatments, and advocated for Florida-style “Don’t Say Gay” laws, calling those who disagree with him “groomers.”“This is the most consequential election of our lifetimes, and with Donald Trump’s decision today to add J.D.