The strategist who managed Bernie Sanders’s presidential race says the party needs vision and conviction “to restore a deeply damaged Democratic brand.”

Shakir, who ran Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, wants Democrats to focus more on working-class voters.

Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Citing a “lack of

Faiz Shakir, who managed Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee.