Benjamin McDonald Wikler (born February 3, 1981) is an American political organizer who has been the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since July 2019.

[10] During high school he worked for Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Ed Garvey[11] and on the first congressional campaign of now-Senator Tammy Baldwin.

He ran campaigns on climate change, poverty, human rights, and other issues, and also managed the technology and communication teams.

[24] In 2011, Wikler briefly returned to Wisconsin to protest the passage of Act 10, which struck down public employee collective bargaining rights.

[29] The show's first episode featured Senator Al Franken[30] and reached the #1 spot on the U.S. iTunes podcast charts.

[31] The Good Fight was an hour-long weekly podcast and radio show that, according to its website, "brings you a mix of comedy, activism, and David versus Goliath battles told from the behind-the-slingshot point of view."

Episodes aired on 1480 AM in D.C.[32] Scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig made an appeal on his blog for his readers to support a Kickstarter campaign to fund The Good Fight.

[36] He led the organization's efforts to encourage Elizabeth Warren to run for president, putting him at odds with friend Howard Dean, who endorsed Hillary Clinton.

"[37] In late 2015 Wikler led MoveOn's advocacy on behalf of Syrian immigrants, helping to organize and coordinate efforts by a number of nonprofit groups.

[40] Wikler announced his campaign for chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) on February 21, 2019, running on a slate with Felesia Martin and Lee Snodgrass.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer declared him "one of the best chairs of a state party – not just today, but ever."

[12] She also attended Harvard, graduating cum laude with a degree in social studies and a certificate in health policy.

[52] His father, Daniel I. Wikler, is a philosopher and ethicist at Harvard School of Public Health; his mother, Lynn McDonald, is a retired psychologist.