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Ben Wikler: “Most state parties have five or fewer staff. Wisconsin…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler Discusses Democratic Strategies and Challenges on 'Black Like Me' Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 18:43

First thing I'll say is most state parties around the country and historically if you go back a decade before I was chair. Yeah, if you go Back to like 2009, Most state parties have five or fewer staff. Wisconsin hasn't gone below 50 since I staffed up after I was elected. So we actually have a team that is capable of, you know, of doing stuff and we have an amazing group of folks. (18:43–18:53)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's state party has maintained a staff of at least 50 since Ben Wikler's election as chair.

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