louisiana public broadcasting's natasha williams talked to the new party chair and the louisiana senate minority leader, about their plans to redefine who they are and what they stand for. >> reporter: the election that >> reporter: katie bernhardt, the newly-elected chairwoman of the louisiana democratic party, isn't wasting any time implementing her agenda, just a few weeks away from the pridential election. >> one of the biggest issues that we have is, we let other people brand us and wlet national news media brand us. and educate our voters on who the democrats are. >> reporter: democratic candidates will need massive fundraising and exposure to beat back decades of losses to the state's dominant republican party. governor john bel edwards is the only statewide elected democrat, and the deep south's only democratic governor. right now, republicans hold a near-super majority in the state use and senate. bernhardt, a lafayette native is a lawyer, wife, and mother of four, and says she will be busy repositioningnd redefining the party. >> my first priority is getting through this elect

> i'm reminded that our own pete williams asked attorney bill barr if this report would be released before election and the attorney general said he didn't know. natasha let me get you on another issue and that is the reports that a whistle blower complaint that is -- a letter to the dhs council on friday asking for more information about a former dhs officials whies l -- whistle blower's complaints. and it is outrageous but for your national security perspective, how damning and damaging is that? >> well, it essentially amounts to if this was a whistle blower complaint is true, it amounts to a politicalization of intelligence which is extremely dangerous especially inflating threats posed by far left groups while essentially ignoring threats by far right groups which they have determined is a much bigger threat to the american homeland. especially in terms of, you know, far right groups who are inciting violence and who are more likely to carry weapons. so this is a huge issue and that is exactly i think why this former dhs official chose to come forward now especially with regard to the issue of russian disinformation and russian interference, we ha