Longtime Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin has been elected chair of the Democratic National Committee in a commanding first ballot victory, vaulting him to the national stage while leaving a major hole to fill for local Democrats.

The longtime leader of Minnesota's Democratic Party has a new job: To lead the Democratic National Committee. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall explains how Ken Martin won despite failing to get the backing of top Democrats in Washington,

Here are five things to know about Ken Martin, the Minnesota party chair that Democrats just chose to lead the DNC.