1. Benjamin McDonald Wikler was born on February 3,1981 and is an American political organizer who has been the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since July 2019.
22 Facts About Ben Wikler
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Ben Wikler organized protests against granting Coca-Cola exclusive access to Madison schools.
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Ben Wikler represented the SGAC at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS in New York City, the UN World Youth Forum in Senegal, and the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona.
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Ben Wikler worked for economist Jeffrey Sachs and interned for US Senator Russ Feingold.
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Ben Wikler was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Review of Philosophy and contributed to The Onion.
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Ben Wikler took a term off to help Franken "through every step of the process" of writing the book.
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Ben Wikler was with me every step of the way on this book.
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Ben Wikler ran campaigns on climate change, poverty, human rights, and other issues, and managed the technology and communication teams.
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Ben Wikler hosted the Fossil of the Day Awards at UN climate negotiations from 2007 to 2009 for the Climate Action Network.
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In late 2011, Ben Wikler became the executive vice president of Change.
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In 2011, Ben Wikler briefly returned to Wisconsin to protest the passage of Act 10, which struck down public employee collective bargaining rights.
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In November 2013, Ben Wikler relaunched his show as The Good Fight, a podcast and radio program sponsored by MoveOn.
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Ben Wikler led the organization's efforts to encourage Elizabeth Warren to run for president, putting him at odds with friend Howard Dean, who endorsed Hillary Clinton.
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In late 2015 Ben Wikler led MoveOn's advocacy on behalf of Syrian immigrants, helping to organize and coordinate efforts by a number of nonprofit groups.
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In 2017, Ben Wikler led grassroots protests against the attempted repeal of the Affordable Care Act, helping contribute to the Senate's failure to pass the ACA-repealing American Health Care Act of 2017.
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In 2018, Wikler and his family moved to Wisconsin, where Ben volunteered with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin as Tony Evers defeated Scott Walker.
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Ben Wikler announced his campaign for chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin on February 21,2019, running on a slate with Felesia Martin and Lee Snodgrass.
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Ben Wikler received 1,006 votes, beating opposing candidate state Representative David Bowen who earned 233 votes.
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On December 1,2024, Ben Wikler announced his intention to run for election for chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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On February 1,2025, Ben Wikler came in second with 134 votes in the DNC Chair race after winner Ken Martin, who had 246 votes.
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Ben Wikler met his wife Beth when putting posters together for a protest.
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Ben Wikler's father, Daniel I Wikler, is a philosopher and ethicist at Harvard School of Public Health; his mother, Lynn McDonald, is a retired psychologist.