My First 100 Days

This is my plan to turn around the DNC, fast

Dear DNC Members:

Thank you to everyone who joined us at this afternoon’s Southern Regional forum. It was an honor to discuss my plan to re-engage, reconnect, and rebuild the Democratic Party with you all. As I made clear on the forum, from our rural communities to our urban centers, the path to rebuilding our party runs through the south. We don't need a caretaker Chairman, we need a change maker. I'm ready to serve.

With that, I wanted to outline my first 100 days if elected Chairman. This list is a starting point and is informed by conversations that I have had with so many of you over the past few months because we can’t learn or lead without first listening. We have to start rebuilding our party immediately and to do so we need a Chair who has the experience leading turnaround efforts.

Day One

On my first day in office, we are going to reassert the Democratic Party’s commitment to the economic security of every man, woman, and child in America as our highest priority. I plan on also naming former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former Congresswoman Marcia Fudge as the transition Chairwoman. Under Chairwoman Fudge’s leadership, we will recruit the most highly effective and diverse team in America for this challenge.

Immediately thereafter, we will begin the build-out of an Actionstat Room at the DNC HQ to drive collaboration and measure the tactics and strategies needed to rebuild our Party. This platform will become the connecting hub of pro-democracy actions and strategies across the U.S. At the same time, we will create a Center of Digital Excellence at the DNC focused on ensuring we meet voters where they are at, not just at the doors, but online as well. This entity will be led by the best and brightest in our party and will focus on reimagining and operationalizing where we communicate, how we communicate, and what we communicate.

Day Two

On my second day in office, I will announce a robust schedule of county chair townhalls that will be convened and held by the Democratic Party in every region of the country. These town halls will be held in my first 30 days of my tenure. It’s time to get back to communicating with our supporters in all corners of our nation.

Day Five

Within the first five days of my tenure, we will create an After Action Commission that will conduct a comprehensive dive into what went wrong in 2024 and how we don’t make the same mistakes in 2025 and beyond. From conducting an internal audit of all finances to building out a data- based analysis of the Party, this Commission will be tasked with completing the investigation within the first 60 days of my tenure. We will not spend months trying to diagnose the problems of the past.

Day Ten

Within 10 days of my election, I will create a task force on open and transparent governance. The purpose of this task force will be to provide recommendations for changes needed to restore trust in our party. The task force will be empaneled for a period of 75 days, after which it will deliver its report and we will get to work to implement its findings.

Day Fifteen

Within the first 15 days of my tenure, I will empanel a task force focused on the Future of the Democratic Party. This task force will be tasked with outlining the changes necessary to engage, recruit, and train the next generations of Democrats. From recruiting candidates in local, state, and federal elections to ensuring that our campaigns are staffed with the best and the brightest, this task force will submit its findings to me within 80 days of creation.

Day Forty

By the 40th day of my tenure, we will hold our first rotation of regular and recurring Actionstat Meetings at DNC HQ (and live-streamed to all State and Territorial Chairs). The every two week cadence of timely, accurate information shared by all will focus for one hour each on these leading Initiatives: Candidate Recruitment Everywhere Across the Ballot, Voter Registration, Fundraising, Improving Digital Communications.

Day One Hundred

By my 100th day of my tenure, I will outline an action plan for the year — informed and built from ideas brought forward on County Chair Townhalls — submitted for nationwide Party comment. We are going to have an open and transparent party that is focused on reconnecting, reengaging, and rebuilding our party from the ground up. And, we are going to do it together through a coordinated campaign effort that includes grassroots leaders, state party chairs, and partner organizations.

Please let me know whether you have any questions and/ or suggestions for my first 100 days. This list is not exhaustive, and we have a lot of work on our hands to usher our party into a brighter future. I hope you will join me in this fight.

Always in service,

Martin O’Malley