David Hogg defies DNC leadership by wading into another primary for open seat

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I am on the email list of a number of groups including the DNC and other democratic groups. I have now received three or so emails from David Hogg pushing this candidate. The DNC needs to stay neutral in primary contests. Hogg's emails remind a great deal of the Justice Democrats emails.

David Hogg defies DNC leadership by wading into another primary for open seat.

Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, endorsed VA. state Del. Irene Shin in a race that reflects broader generational and ideological tensions Hogg has stoked in the party.

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— (@hccmal.bsky.social) 2025-06-10T16:26:37.852Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/10/hogg-group-endorses-gerry-connolly-democrats

Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, endorsed Virginia state Del. Irene Shin in the contest to succeed the late Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), a race that reflects broader generational and ideological tensions Hogg has stoked in the party.

Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg, the Gen Z activist at the center of a major intraparty dispute, is wading into another contested primary with an endorsement in the race to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), a contest that reflects broader generational and ideological tensions Hogg has stoked.

Hogg’s political group, Leaders We Deserve, is backing 37-year-old state Del. Irene Shin, who is part of a crowded Democratic field vying later this month to fill Connolly’s seat in Northern Virginia after his death last month. One of Shin’s opponents is Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw, a 42-year-old former chief of staff to Connolly whom the congressman endorsed to succeed him before he died at age 75.

The endorsement of Shin is the second by Hogg’s group since he announced plans in April for the organization to spend $20 million to primary “out-of-touch, ineffective” incumbent House Democrats. Leaders We Deserve has not backed any challengers to incumbents yet, but Hogg’s involvement in primaries has still frustrated party leaders including DNC Chairman Ken Martin, given his expectation that DNC officers stay neutral in primaries.....

At least nine Democrats are seeking to fill Connolly’s seat, which represents a deep-blue swath of Fairfax County that the party’s nominee will be heavily favored to win in a special election. Shin launched her campaign a week ago with a video calling for “generational change.”

The DNC needs to stay neutral in primary contests. I may contribute one of the candidates running against Hogg's candidate.

[MineralMan]

1. Hogg is trying. Can he succeed?

That is the interesting question. I suspect not.

[msongs]

4. trying what? a DNC official sabotaging other dems is not a good look. must be a generation thing nt

[Cha]

2. Mahalo, LMPV. Good

Luck 🍀 to the DNC.

Is there going to be another election with Kaylyn Freeman??

Not sure of her name.. I’m out on my phone

🕯️🕊️💙🌈🌊🇨🇦🍀💛💙

[bucolic_frolic]

3. The new guy on the block has not discovered some secret formula overlooked by all the rest.

[William769]

5. With friends like this, who needs enemies? nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. DNC boots David Hogg and another vice chair from their roles

Hogg has been removed and has to stand for another election

Link to tweet

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/hogg-vote-new-election-dnc-00401673

Democratic National Committee members removed David Hogg his vice chair position — discharging the 25-year-old activist and another vice chair from national party posts amid his threats to take on “ineffective” Democratic incumbents in primaries.

The virtual vote, which concluded on Wednesday and the results were obtained by POLITICO, vacated its two vice chair positions, stemming from a procedural complaint unrelated to Hogg’s primary activities, and put forth a plan to hold a new election. Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta must now run again for their positions next week.

The election offers a potential reset for a party that’s dealt with a series of Hogg-related controversies in recent weeks.

In April, Hogg announced the group that he co-founded, Leaders We Deserve, planned to drop $20 million on safe-seat Democratic primaries, hoping to oust “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats. The move triggered a wave of anger from elected officials and DNC members alike, who vented that Hogg’s role as a party leader conflicted with the decision to take on incumbents.

The internal drama exploded again over the weekend, when POLITICO reported on leaked audio from a DNC meeting in which Chair Ken Martin told Hogg and other DNC leaders that his leadership has suffered due to the clash. The vice chair, Martin said, had “essentially destroyed any chance I have” to show national leadership.