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Ben Wikler: “Only 12 states pay their Democratic Party state chair.”

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

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Ben Wikler With Bradley Whitford: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

Published | Video Starts at 1:05:19

Of North Carolina, an incredibly important battleground state. The stuff I was able to do and my predecessor chair was possible because we pay our chair in Wisconsin. Only 12 states pay their Democratic Party state chair. And you say, oh, you know, how do you get somebody to do that? Why are we paying, you know, in infrastructure, you just make sure that it's part of their contract that they raise 10 times that. (1:05:19–1:05:23)

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