The 2009 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2009, at the party's winter meeting to determine the next chairperson of the

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(DNC). The chair election was uncontested, and

Tim Kaine Timothy Michael Kaine ( ; born February 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United States ...

was elected chairperson, succeeding

Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American physician, author, consultant, and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 20 ...

Background

On January 4, 2009, then President-elect

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privately told his associates that he had selected Tim Kaine as the 51st chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), succeeding

. Obama held a press conference on January 8 to officially announce his endorsement of Kaine for the position.

Results

Virgie Rollins made the official nomination of Kaine for DNC chair at the party's winter meeting on January 21, 2009, which was then seconded by

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, and

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. Howard Dean proposed the motion to suspend the rules and elect Kaine by

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, which was then unanimously approved, forgoing a formal ballot.

References

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January 2009 in the United States Democratic National Committee chairmanship election

Background

Results

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