Head of Democrat campaign arm David Hogg to be FIRED as turmoil rocks the party
A decision made by the party's credentials committee shockingly alleges that the duo were improperly elected in February.
A survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Hogg parlayed the tragedy into a career in anti-gun activism, predominantly as a founder and board member of March for Our Lives before his winning bid to be a DNC vice chair earlier this year.
Hogg's tenure as one of the five vice chairs of the DNC has been marred in controversy.
Outside of his DNC vice chair role, Hogg runs his own political action committee - Leaders We Deserve - which holds as a key tenet a promise to raise primary challenges to incumbent Democrats.
In April, DNC Chair Ken Martin publicly blasted Hogg, stating that 'no DNC officer should ever attempt to influence the outcome of a primary election, whether on behalf of an incumbent or a challenger.'
Hogg's group believes that too many current elected Democrats are 'unwilling or unable to meet the moment and are asleep at the wheel while Trump is demolishing the economy, challenging the foundations of our democracy, and creating new existential crises for our country by the day.'
Leaders We Deserve has raised over $1.5 million since January of 2025, and raised over $11 million in the 2024 electoral cycle. In total, the group has pledged a '20 million investment to usher in the next generation of Democrats.'
The entire membership of the DNC will vote next upon the whether to accept or reject the recommendation of the credentials committee to hold another vote for the two vice chair seats.
If another election is held, all five original candidates would be able to seek the two seats again, including Hogg and Kenyatta.
In the wake of the decision by the Credentials Committee, Kenyatta posted a thread on X with his take on the announcement.
'The credentials committee believed, as they stated, that they are remedying a procedural flaw,' Kenyatta wrote.
'But doing so the way they did, is a slap in my face. I'm frustrated, but I'll be ok,' Kenyatta added.
The original complaint about the vice chair election was raised by Kalyn Free, a Democrat party activist from Oklahoma who was one of the original five candidates. Free's challenge argued that the DNC did not follow its own rules meant to ensure gender parity in party leadership.
Free claimed that the procedure used was unfair to female candidates and all but ensured the election of male candidates.
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