Obama is expected to ask the DNC to extend Wasserman Schultz’s tenure. Obama wants DWS to stay at DNC

President Barack Obama is set to ask the Democratic National Committee to extend Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s tenure as party chairwoman, POLITICO’s Mike Allen reported Monday in Playbook.

The DNC will meet a day after Obama’s Inauguration to elect party officers.


“Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz has served as chair since shortly after Tim Kaine stepped down to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia in the spring of 2011,” a senior Democratic official told Allen. With President Obama at the top of the ticket and Wasserman Schultz leading the party, Democrats won the presidency, expanded its majority in the Senate and picked up seats in the House.”

In the past 18 months, Wasserman Schultz participated in 885 events in 31 states, 170 cities. Terms are typically four years, but the president can make a change at any time.