The Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting is taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
Proxy form for General Session and Party Officer Elections.
The Rules and Bylaws Committee previously met and adopted rules of procedure for the officer elections to recommend to the full assembly for adoption at the General Session on January 31, consistent with the DNC bylaws, which state that the DNC is responsible for:
“providing for the election or appointment of a Chairperson, five Vice Chairpersons, one of
whom shall be the President of the Association of State Democratic Committees and one
of whom shall be the Vice Chairperson for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, a
Treasurer, a Secretary, and a National Finance Chair, who, with the exception of the
Chairperson, shall be as equally divided as practicable according to gender at the
quadrennial election, as defined in the Democratic National Committee Charter, Article
Nine, Section 16 [Ed.: should be 15]”
The rules were not fully consistent with the bylaws, as they state:
In the election of the three remaining Vice Chairpersons, provision will be made
to elect the appropriate number of persons of each gender to ensure that,
with the exception of the National Chairperson and the President of the Association of State Democratic Committees (“ASDC”),
the officers shall be as equally divided as practicable according to gender in accordance with
Article 3, Section 1(e) of the Charter. [Ed.: emphasis added]
The rules of procedure remove the ASDC President from the gender balance rules, in apparent violation of the bylaws.
The rules were adopted without amendment at the Friday session. The order of elections, according to the rules of procedure, is:
- Chair
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- National Finance Chair
- Vice Chairperson for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation
- and the three other Vice Chairpersons
The DNC charter requires the eight officers other than the Chair to be balanced by gender, which is done by restricting the candidates for the last three Vice Chairs if necessary. As only seven are elected at the Winter Meeting (the eighth is the to-be-elected president of the Association of State Democratic Committees), the balance will be off by one (unless an officer is non-binary).
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8:00am - 11:00am | DNC Registration | Maryland Ballroom Foyer
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10:00am - 9:00pm | Party Officer Candidate Elections | Maryland Ballroom A-D
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Qualified Candidates
(updated: bold indicates the winner)
For Chair:
- Quintessa Hathaway
- Ken Martin
- Martin O’Malley
- Jason Paul
- Faiz Shakir
- Nate Snyder
- Ben Wikler
- Marianne Williamson
For Treasurer:
- Merika Coleman
- Matt Hughes
- Virginia McGregor (i)
For Secretary:
- Marilyn Davis
- Jason Rae (i)
For National Finance Chair:
Candidates for Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation:
- Joyce Beatty
- Michael Blake
- Josh Burstein
- Jim McBride
- Sheikh Rahman
- Rosarie Tucci
- Reyna Walters-Morgan
- Nikema Williams
Candidates for Vice Chair
- Joe Barbuto
- Troy Blackwell
- Artie Blanco
- Waikinya Clanton
- Shasti Conrad
- Michelle Deatrick
- Aisha Dew
- Kalyn Free
- Adam Frisch
- David Hogg
- Chris Jones
- Malcolm Kenyatta
- Joe Paolino
- Jeanna Repass
- Robert Stephens
- James Zogby
Full proposed agenda:
- Call to Order
- Presentation of the Colors
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Land Acknowledgement
- Invocation
- Determination of a Quorum
- Welcome Congressman Glenn Ivey
- Election of Party Officers
- National Chair
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- National Finance Chair
- Vice Chair of Civic Engagement & Voter Participation
- Vice Chairs
- Closing Remarks
- Announcements
- Benediction
- Adjournment
Democratic National Committee
Maryland
02/01/2025 at 10:00AM