Perez, Ellison whipping votes furiously two days before the election

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Top candidates for Democratic National Committee chairman were furiously whipping votes Thursday, just two days before the close of a contentious four-month campaign.

As Democrats descended on Atlanta for Saturday’s vote to pick a new party leader, Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Tom Perez of Maryland, the labor secretary under President Barack Obama, were smothering the 442 voting DNC members with phone calls and in-person visits.

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