Martin O'Malley snags DNC chair endorsements from current and former Black members of Congress
Source: NBC News
Jan. 6, 2025, 5:30 AM EST
Four prominent current and former Congressional Black Caucus members endorsed Martin O’Malley's bid to chair the Democratic National Committee on Monday as the contest heads into the home stretch.
The new endorsements came from Marcia Fudge, of Ohio, who was secretary of housing and urban development in the Biden administration and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus when she was in Congress; Rep. Bennie Thompson, of Mississippi, the former chair of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol; and Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, of Missouri. All are backing O'Malley, as is Congressional Black Caucus Institute board member Lacy Johnson.
In a statement provided first to NBC News, the Black leaders said, “Democrats are at a crossroads and we need a change agent now.” O’Malley called the news a “high honor” in a statement.
O’Malley, a former governor of Maryland who ran for president in 2016 and most recently was head of the Social Security Administration, is centering his pitch to lead the national party committee on kitchen-table issues and his operational expertise.
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