PHOTO: Newton Democrat Jason Paul is running for DNC chair. Courtesy Photo
The Democratic party lost big last month. A Newton attorney thinks he can turn things around.
Jason Paul, a lawyer and political strategist, announced on Thursday that he’s running to be the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
“What we’re doing now simply isn’t working,” Paul said in a statement announcing his bid. “We have lost three of the last five national elections; we can’t continue the same approach and expect a better result.”
Paul, 38, has worked in politics for a while, helping various campaigns in New England and the midwest as well as running a political action committee named Defend the Righteous PAC. And he served as a field organizer for Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s 2021 campaign.
Paul has written a book, “Trench Warfare Politics in the Tinder Era,” and he writes a Substack, @trenchwarfarepolitics.
Paul is running for DNC chair on a platform of total overhaul of the Democratic party on the national level.
“I’m asking DNC members, and my fellow Democrats, to expand their understanding of what’s possible,” Paul continued. “We must switch from tweaking the status quo to a moonshot mindset—what is it going to take to build a durable Democratic majority in this country? And then we need to do that.”
He plans to spend the next couple of months sharing his ideas to reshape the party in the eyes of the public. He’s starting with those fundraising text messages that flood people’s phones every election year.
“We need to stop the damn texts,” said Paul. “If you had a friend who asked you ten times a day for money, how long would that person remain your friend? The Democratic Party needs to stop treating its most loyal supporters as ATM machines and start treating them like the partners they should be.”