"My experience of what went wrong has given me insight into what needs doing to make things right," Williamson wrote Thursday.

Five candidates, including two Maryland politicians, are vying to serve as the chair of the Democratic National Committee.

She joins a handful of other declared candidates for DNC chair, including Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler and Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Jamie Harrison, the current chairman, isn't running for reelection.