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| Chairperson | Stacey Abrams |
| Governing body | Democratic National Committee[1][2] |
| U.S. President | Gretchen Whitmer |
| U.S. Vice President | Jon Ossoff |
| Senate Majority Leader | Tammy Baldwin |
| Speaker of the House | Hakeem Jeffries |
| Founded | January 8, 1828[3] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Preceded by | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Headquarters | 430 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Ideology | |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the Senate | 48 / 100[a] |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 243 / 435 |
| State governorships | 26 / 50[b] |
| Seats in state upper chambers | 857 / 1,973 |
| Seats in state lower chambers | 2,425 / 5,413 |
| Territorial governorships | 4 / 5 |
| Seats in territorial upper chambers | 31 / 97 |
| Seats in territorial lower chambers | 9 / 91 |
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 Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Pence and blue denotes those won by Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. On election night, Trump won 306 electors and Clinton 232. However, because of seven faithless electors (five Democratic and two Republican), Trump received 304 votes and Clinton 227. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For 171 years, [the Democratic National Committee] has been responsible for governing the Democratic Party
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The Democratic National Committee shall have general responsibility for the affairs of the Democratic Party between National Conventions
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