Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley joined other candidates for Democratic National Committee leadership posts Thursday who largely embraced President Joe Biden’s warnings of an oligarchy taking shape in America.

The DNC held the first of four officer forums, and candidates for top leadership roles laid out their platforms and strategies for the party.

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

Candidates seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee were pressed about President Joe Biden at a forum in Detroit.

Further down ballot, candidates also used the forum to discuss their own visions for how to correct what went wrong for Democrats in 2024. Anti-gun violence activist David Hogg is running for a DNC vice chair spot. He said the party had a problem with listening.

Candidate for DNC Chair Marianne Williamson joins The Weekend to share her plans for the Democratic Party. A photo shared by Vice President Kamala Harris from Jimmy Carter's funeral has gone viral due to the exclusion of President-elect Donald Trump.

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.

With just over two weeks until the Democratic National Committee chooses new officers, candidates for chair knew the stakes had been raised. And for two candidates in particular, it was time to take a few jabs at one another.

The Democratic Party’s left wing is responding to President Joe Biden’s strong words about the possibility of an American oligarchy with a combination of appreciation, bemusement and frustration

In addition to Phillips, progressive author and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson is in the running ... at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) required South Carolina to be the first ...

After outgoing US President Joe Biden recently warned Americans of the threat oligarchy poses for the country, a Fortune report found that the world's richest consolidated wealth and became $1.5 trillion richer in his term.

The Democrats who entered the DNC chair race first remain ahead in public DNC member commitments; the winner needs a majority of their 448 votes when the party meets outside DC on Feb. 1.