The candidate considered the frontrunner in the race to chair the Democratic National Committee is proposing a "massive narrative and branding project" to boost the party's image in the wake of last month's election losses.

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair Ken Martin, a DNC vice chair who has led the association of state Democratic Party chairs, on Tuesday unveiled a 10-point memo titled "A New DNC Framework."

Martin's memo calls on Democrats to "show up in nontraditional and uncomfortable media spaces on a regular basis, increase outreach to local messengers and trusted validators, and create our own platforms for authentic engagement."

Democrats suffered major setbacks up and down the ballot in the 2024 elections, as former President Trump recaptured the White House, and the GOP flipped the Senate and held onto their fragile majority in the House. 

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The Trump campaign and Republicans' aggressive strategy of appearances on podcasts and other non-traditional media is credited, in part, for the gains they made in winning the support of working class, minority, younger and low-propensity voters.

Martin, who is courting state Democratic Party officials this week as they huddle in Phoenix, Arizona, is also calling for themes others in the party have pushed, including competing in all 57 states and territories.

"If we’re going to be a national party, we need to compete everywhere," Martin emphasizes.

He also calls for year-round organizing in every county in the country, contesting races all the way down the ballot, and energizing youth mobilization.

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Martin lamented that "the majority of Americans now believe the Republican Party best represents the interests of the working class and the poor, and the Democratic Party is the party of the wealthy and the elites. It’s a damning indictment on our party brand."

And he urged that "we must be willing to dig deep and recenter the Democratic agenda to unite families across race, age, background, and class."

Martin unveiled his plan on the same day that DNC chair Jaime Harrison released a memo highlighting that the party's down-ballot victories last month offer a road map to greater electoral success in the future.

Harrison is not seeking a second straight four-year term steering the national party committee. The next chair will be chosen by the roughly 450 voting members of the national party committee when they meet at the beginning of February at National Harbor in Maryland for the DNC's winter meeting.

Martin appears to be the early frontrunner in the race, and his campaign says he has the backing of at least 100 DNC voting members, which is nearly half of what a candidate needs to secure the chair.

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Also running and considered competitive is Ben Wikler, who's chaired the state Democratic Party in battleground Wisconsin for five years and is well known by the voting members.

"Today, the country we love needs the Democratic Party to be stronger. To unite. To fight. And to win," Wikler emphasized on Sunday in a video as he launched his bid.

A party insider who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely told Fox News that "the DNC insiders/establishment have significant influence over this membership, so the race will be very close."

Martin O'Malley, the former two-term Maryland governor and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate who served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration the past year, jumped into the race last week, a day before Martin.

Also running are New York state Sen. James Skoufis and former U.S. Senate candidate from Maryland Robert Houton.

The field of five DNC chair candidates is expected to grow.

As Fox News and other news organizations reported last month, Rahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, has been quietly reaching out to DNC committee members as he contemplates a bid. Emanuel is a former two-term Chicago mayor who earlier served as White House chief of staff in President Obama's administration and as a member of Congress.

Also eyeing the chair are former New York State assembly member Michael Blake, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist who describes himself as "non-college-educated Mexican redneck."

A DNC voting member granted anonymity to speak more freely told Fox News, "I'm open to talking to whomever is interested in this, to listen to their vision and plan, and listen to people's different takes on what we need to do."

"I think the race is wide open," the member added.

President Biden enjoyed a warm welcome from a crowd of thousands as he arrived in Angola this week, as the president made good on his long awaited first visit to sub-Saharan Africa.

Biden, likely on his last overseas trip before President-elect Donald Trump takes over in the White House next month, is already being overshadowed on the world stage by his predecessor and successor.

"The Oval Office has been replaced by Mar-a-Lago," Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist who served at the State Department during Trump's first term, told Fox News.

Additionally, Matt Mowers, a veteran GOP national public affairs strategist and former diplomat at the State Department during Trump's first administration, made the case that "Joe Biden’s essentially been a lame duck" for months and that "world leaders have been shifting their gaze to the next administration."

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Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College, highlighted that "while President-elect is still weeks away from taking the oath of office, loyalties and the attention of world leaders has shifted to the incoming President and from Washington to Mar-a-lago with breathtaking speed."

While members of the Biden White House would likely disagree with such sentiments - especially after the current administration played a large role in hammering out the cease-fire that halted fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah - it is undeniable that world leaders have already started to engage directly with the incoming president and administration.

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Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron after the French president invited him to attend Saturday's star-studded VIP event for the official reopening of the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after a devastating fire wrecked the Paris landmark.

The president-elect's appearance will serve as Trump's unofficial return to the global stage, and it is another reminder that he is quickly becoming the center of the world's attention.

The trip to Paris comes a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hastily made an unannounced stop in Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump after the president-elect threatened a trade war with Canada and Mexico. 

Trump argued that Canada had failed to prevent large amounts of drugs and undocumented people from crossing the northern border into the U.S. and also pointed to America's massive trade deficit with Canada.

According to reporting from Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada could become the 51st state.

Trump also weighed in this week in the volatile Middle East, warning in a social media post that there would be "ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release all the hostages held in Gaza before he is inaugurated on Jan. 20.

Hours later, Trump pledged to block the purchase of U.S. Steel - a top American manufacturer - by the Japanese company Nippon Steel.

"I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan," Trump said on social media. "As President, I will block this deal from happening."

Trump, who reiterated comments he made earlier this year on the presidential campaign trail, is on the same page as Biden, who has vowed that U.S. Steel will remain American-owned.

Biden's trip to Africa is putting a spotlight on his administration's commitment to the continent, which has increasingly been courted by massive investments from China. Biden is also highlighting America's wide-ranging effort to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa, a continent Trump never visited during his first term in the White House.

However, the president's trip will be overshadowed by Trump's upcoming stop in France, as the president-elect is increasingly courted by world leaders.

While the spotlight traditionally shifts from the outgoing to the incoming president, Mowers argued that "it is more pronounced this time because the difference in the Biden and Trump approach to foreign policy is so different."

Mowers emphasized that Trump is already aiming "to shape world events" by "being bold, not timid, in the statements he’s putting out, and the world is already reacting to that kind of American strength."

Bartlett noted that "the world is demanding leadership." Mowers added that "world leaders that want to get something done… have to engage with Trump."

Lesperance, pointing to Biden's swing through Africa, noted that lame duck presidents' final weeks are "usually filled with celebratory moments and efforts to cement one’s legacy. Often the focus is on their role on the world stage on behalf of America and its allies.'

However, he argued that "Biden’s pronouncements on Ukraine, Gaza and the importance of climate change go largely ignored by world leaders. Instead, they focus on Trump’s picks for his foreign policy team and pronouncements about changes in U.S. foreign policy position. It’s pretty evident that while Biden attempts a victory tour, the world has turned the page."

Senate Democrats held a closed-door election Tuesday morning to name who would fill their top leadership posts for the next two years, most notably filling the No. 3 position held by a retiring longtime lawmaker.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was unanimously re-elected to serve as Democratic leader and chair of the conference next year, per a Senate Democratic leadership source, holding on to the top position in the chamber among his Democratic colleagues.

"I am honored and humbled to be chosen by my colleagues to continue leading Senate Democrats during this crucial period for our country," Schumer said in a statement following Tuesday's election. "We have a lot of work ahead – in the Senate and as a country – and in this upcoming Congress, our caucus will continue to fight for what’s best for America’s working class."

Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will also remain in the party's No. 2 position as Democratic minority whip next cycle. However, the No. 3 spot in the senate will have new representation.

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Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has served in the No. 3 position of policy and communications committee chair for several years, but the position was up for grabs after the senator did not seek re-election this cycle.

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Democratic senators selected Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to assume the No. 3 position after being tapped to chair the steering and policy committee.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., will also take on a leadership role in the next Congress, being elevated on Tuesday to chair the strategic communications committee, the fourth-highest ranking position in the Senate minority.

Other notable nominations include Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as vice chair of the conference, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., as vice chair of the conference, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as chair of outreach, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., as senate Democratic conference secretary.

Republican senators recently held their own leadership election for next year when they will have the majority in the chamber, electing Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to take over the role of Senate majority leader.

Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.

The candidate considered the frontrunner in the race to chair the Democratic National Committee is proposing a "massive narrative and branding project" to boost the party's image in the wake of last month's election losses.

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair Ken Martin, a DNC vice chair who has led the association of state Democratic Party chairs, on Tuesday unveiled a 10-point memo titled "A New DNC Framework."

Martin's memo calls on Democrats to "show up in nontraditional and uncomfortable media spaces on a regular basis, increase outreach to local messengers and trusted validators, and create our own platforms for authentic engagement."

Democrats suffered major setbacks up and down the ballot in the 2024 elections, as former President Trump recaptured the White House, and the GOP flipped the Senate and held onto their fragile majority in the House. 

MORE CANDIDATES JUMP INTO WIDE-OPEN DNC CHAIR RACE

The Trump campaign and Republicans' aggressive strategy of appearances on podcasts and other non-traditional media is credited, in part, for the gains they made in winning the support of working class, minority, younger and low-propensity voters.

Martin, who is courting state Democratic Party officials this week as they huddle in Phoenix, Arizona, is also calling for themes others in the party have pushed, including competing in all 57 states and territories.

"If we’re going to be a national party, we need to compete everywhere," Martin emphasizes.

He also calls for year-round organizing in every county in the country, contesting races all the way down the ballot, and energizing youth mobilization.

WHO ELSE IS MULLING A BID TO STEER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Martin lamented that "the majority of Americans now believe the Republican Party best represents the interests of the working class and the poor, and the Democratic Party is the party of the wealthy and the elites. It’s a damning indictment on our party brand."

And he urged that "we must be willing to dig deep and recenter the Democratic agenda to unite families across race, age, background, and class."

Martin unveiled his plan on the same day that DNC chair Jaime Harrison released a memo highlighting that the party's down-ballot victories last month offer a road map to greater electoral success in the future.

Harrison is not seeking a second straight four-year term steering the national party committee. The next chair will be chosen by the roughly 450 voting members of the national party committee when they meet at the beginning of February at National Harbor in Maryland for the DNC's winter meeting.

Martin appears to be the early frontrunner in the race, and his campaign says he has the backing of at least 100 DNC voting members, which is nearly half of what a candidate needs to secure the chair.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING AND OPINION ON THE DEMOCRATS

Also running and considered competitive is Ben Wikler, who's chaired the state Democratic Party in battleground Wisconsin for five years and is well known by the voting members.

"Today, the country we love needs the Democratic Party to be stronger. To unite. To fight. And to win," Wikler emphasized on Sunday in a video as he launched his bid.

A party insider who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely told Fox News that "the DNC insiders/establishment have significant influence over this membership, so the race will be very close."

Martin O'Malley, the former two-term Maryland governor and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate who served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration the past year, jumped into the race last week, a day before Martin.

Also running are New York state Sen. James Skoufis and former U.S. Senate candidate from Maryland Robert Houton.

The field of five DNC chair candidates is expected to grow.

As Fox News and other news organizations reported last month, Rahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, has been quietly reaching out to DNC committee members as he contemplates a bid. Emanuel is a former two-term Chicago mayor who earlier served as White House chief of staff in President Obama's administration and as a member of Congress.

Also eyeing the chair are former New York State assembly member Michael Blake, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist who describes himself as "non-college-educated Mexican redneck."

A DNC voting member granted anonymity to speak more freely told Fox News, "I'm open to talking to whomever is interested in this, to listen to their vision and plan, and listen to people's different takes on what we need to do."

"I think the race is wide open," the member added.