Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected on Saturday. ATLANTA -- Top Democrats on Saturday chose former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to lead the Democratic National Committee in its opposition ...

THE Democrats have elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman today, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party’s electoral failures.

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon after a competitive race against Rep. Keith Ellison and ...

President Donald Trump offered a backhanded congratulations to former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who was narrowly elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday. "Congratulations to ...

The San Mateo County Democratic Party has criticized former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez for using a quote ...

On Saturday, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez narrowly won the election to lead the Democratic National Committee. The election pitted Bernie Sanders' far-left choice of Rep. Keith Ellison ...

Perez, 55, is the son of Dominican immigrants who settled in Buffalo, New York. He went to Brown University, graduating in 1983 with a degree in international relations and political science.

“Tom remembers where he came from and he cares about people from all walks of life,” said former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, whom Perez worked for in the Clinton ...

Mr Perez defeated Keith Ellison, a US representative from Minnesota, in a 235-200 second round vote. Mr Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the US Congress, was backed by Senator Bernie Sanders.

Tom Perez, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, began his campaign on a platform largely tied to his experience working in the Obama administration. By Reid J. Epstein Tom Perez, the ...