Jaime Harrison sent out notice to top-level Democratic party officials about upcoming leadership change (a decision that will shape partys direction for next presidential term). The selection process starts with multiple meet-ups in winter months
The Democratic National Committee planned four different candidate meet-and-greets: some face-to-face and others through video-chat in jan 2025; with final pick happening at feb 1st party gathering in National Harbor MD
The new leader pick comes as Democrats get ready for possible White House match-up with Trump — the timing shows how important this choice is for party strategy. The next chair will need to guide party through what could be a tough-to-navigate political time-frame: handling both fund-raising and voter outreach in a non-standard way