The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”

Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.

Faiz Shakir, who managed Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Shakir, who ran Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, wants Democrats to focus more on working-class voters.

Desperate to bounce back after their 2024 drubbing, Democrats look for new leadership at the dawn of a second Trump administration

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Citing a “lack of

WASHINGTON, DC – Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Faiz Shakir says Trump, in some cases, has delivered a more compelling message to working-class voters, who have long made up the backbone of the Democratic Party.

New York state Sen. James Skoufis is dropping out of the Democratic National Committee chair’s race — and has endorsed Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin.

Candidates for Democratic National Committee leadership posts largely embraced President Joe Biden’s warnings of an oligarchy taking shape in America during a series of forums Thursday in Detroit that ran nearly eight hours.

Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir has thrown his hat in the ring. Since he’s joining the race just a couple weeks before the DNC’s members vote, it will be a challenge for him to catch the front-runners. But Shakir’s entry is significant nonetheless: Unlike most of his competitors, he wants to transform the party.