The new DNC chair is a former President Obama appointee who promises to “take the fight” to Trump

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his economic team in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 4, 2016. Obama spoke about U.S. employers adding 242,000 workers in February, driving another solid month for the resilient American job market. From left are, Vice President Joe Biden, the president, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats have a new national party chairman and it’s Tom Perez, who was labor secretary under President Barack Obama.

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Perez won over Keith Ellison, a Minnesota congressman, in the second round of voting Saturday by Democratic National Committee members at their meeting in Atlanta.

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Perez gave a speech before the vote, and he said Democrats face “a crisis of confidence” and a “crisis of relevance.” He pledged to “take the fight” to Trump and “right-wing Republicans.”

The Democrats’ power-deficit is stark.

Republicans occupy the White House, run both chambers of Congress and control about two-thirds of U.S. statehouses.

Perez and Ellison each pledged to rebuild state and local parties, including in Republican-dominated states. Both said the party must capitalize on widespread opposition to Trump but also work to reach frustrated working-class voters who felt abandoned Democrats and embraced Trump.

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