Ken Martin elected next DNC chair

(The Hill) -- Minnesota state party chair Ken Martin was elected on Saturday as the next leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after securing a majority of the 448 DNC committee members’ votes.Martin was seen as one of the frontrunners in the race, beating Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who were among the seven other candidates running against the Minnesota Democrat.Martin touted the state party’s track record of win