The 2013 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 2013, at the party's winter meeting to determine the next chairperson of the

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(DNC). The chair election was uncontested, and

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Deborah Wasserman Schultz ( Wasserman; ; born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , first elected to Congress in United States House of Representatives elec ...

was reelected chairperson through a

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vote.

Background

On April 5, 2011, President

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chose Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the 52nd chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), succeeding

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, who was stepping down to run in the 2012 US Senate election in Virginia. Donna Brazile served as the interim DNC chair until Wasserman Schultz was confirmed at a DNC meeting on May 4, 2011, in Washington, D.C. In 2012, many of Obama's advisers questioned whether to again select Wasserman Schultz as DNC chair, feeling she came across as too partisan on television. An internal focus study of the popularity of top Obama campaign surrogates ranked her at the bottom. Despite these concerns, President Obama ultimately chose to endorse Wasserman Schultz's continuation in her role as DNC chairperson.

Results

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was re-elected uncontested as DNC chair via unanimous consent on January 22, 2013. Donna Brazile proposed the motion to suspend the rules and re-elect Wasserman Schultz by

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

References

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January 2013 in the United States Democratic National Committee chairmanship election

Background

Results

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