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DNC Chair Proposes Plan to Curb Dark Money in 2028 Nominating Contests

The resolution would task the party’s reforms committee to deliver specific rule changes in 2026 that limit big-money independent spending in the presidential primary.

Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall on August 05, 2025 in Aurora, Illinois.
Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin talks about the economy and immigration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
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Overview

  • Ken Martin put a package of nine reforms on the agenda for an August 27 vote by roughly 450 DNC members.
  • The proposal commits the party to eliminating unlimited corporate and dark money from the presidential nominating process beginning with the 2028 cycle.
  • The move follows a 2024 surge in independent expenditures, including crypto-linked and opaque groups, that advocates say boosted centrists and undercut progressives.
  • State parties in North Carolina and Arizona have already adopted resolutions seeking to limit such spending in their primaries.
  • Because court rulings like Citizens United remain in place, the effort centers on internal party tools such as candidate pledges, debate participation rules, and People’s Pledge–style deterrents.