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).

January 29	January 30	January 31	February 1

time	event	location
8:00am - 11:00am	DNC Registration	Maryland Ballroom Foyer
10:00am - 9:00pm	Party Officer Candidate Elections	Maryland Ballroom A-D

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:

• Chris Korge (i)
• Tim Lim

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:

1. Call to Order
2. Presentation of the Colors
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Land Acknowledgement
5. Invocation
6. Determination of a Quorum
7. Welcome Congressman Glenn Ivey
8. Election of Party Officers
   1. National Chair
   2. Treasurer
   3. Secretary
   4. National Finance Chair
   5. Vice Chair of Civic Engagement & Voter Participation
   6. Vice Chairs
9. Closing Remarks
10. Announcements
11. Benediction
12. Adjournment

02/01/2025 at 10:00AM

The Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting is taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.

The Day Two proposed schedule includes the General Session of the Committee, which will determine credential status for members before any other business, adopt the meeting agenda, receive committee reports, vote on proposed resolutions from the Resolutions Committee, adopt the rules of procedure for the officer elections, and any other business.

1. Call to Order
2. Presentation of the Colors
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Invocation
5. Welcome by Maryland Democratic Party Chair Ken Ulman
6. Welcome by Governor Wes Moore
7. Determination of a Quorum
8. Black History Month Acknowledgement by Virgie Rollins
9. Lunar New Year Acknowledgement by Bel Leong-Hong
10. Credentials Committee Report
11. Resolutions Committee Report
12. Budget and Finance Committee Report
13. Rules and Bylaws Committee Report
14. Remarks by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
15. Remarks by Congressman Jamie Raskin
16. Remarks by Chair Harrison
17. Announcements
18. Adjournment

Proxy form for General Session and Party Officer Elections.

Proxy form for Caucuses and Councils.

Proxy form for Standing Committees.

Proxies must be submitted 24 hours prior in which the proxy is to be executed.

January 29	January 30	January 31	February 1

time	event	location
7:30am - 5:00pm	DNC Registration	Maryland Ballroom Foyer
8:00am - 10:00am	General Session	Maryland Ballroom A-D
10:00am - 11:30am	Disability Caucus	Cherry Blossom
10:00am - 11:30am	Labor Council	Maryland 1-2
11:45am - 1:15pm	Eastern Regional Caucus	Maryland 1-2
11:45am - 1:15pm	Southern Regional Caucus	Maryland 3-4
11:45am - 1:15pm	Midwestern Regional Caucus	Maryland 5-6
11:45am - 1:15pm	Western Regional Caucus	Cherry Blossom
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Women's Caucus	Cherry Blossom
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Black Caucus	Cherry Blossom
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Hispanic Caucus	Maryland 1-2
3:15pm - 4:45pm	AAPI Caucus	Maryland 3-4
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Native Caucus	Maryland 5-6
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Youth Council	Maryland 1-2
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Ethnic Council	Maryland 3-4
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Environmental and Climate Crisis Council	Maryland 5-6
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Veterans and Military Families Council	Cherry Blossom

01/31/2025 at 08:00AM

The last DNC Party Officer Candidate Forum will be held on Thursday, January 30 starting at 3:00 p.m. ET. The DNC is partnering with MSNBC and the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service to co-host our next in-person officer candidate forum for qualified candidates in Washington D.C.

Location: Gaston Hall at Georgetown University
37th & O Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20057

Attendance is closed to the public. DNC members in the audience will not be allowed to have signs, placards, banners or noisemakers in Gaston Hall. The Forum will also be livestreamed on the MSNBC and DNC YouTube channels. To be in the audience for the chair forum, members must have arrived at Gaston Hall by 7:15 pm.

The moderators for the Eastern Regional DNC Officer Forum include:

• MSNBC anchors Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Jonathan Capehart will moderate the forum for Chair candidates.
• MSNBC guest anchor Luke Russert will moderate the forum for Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation candidates.
• Mo Elleithee, Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, a Fox News contributor and DNC at-large member, will moderate the forums for Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair candidates.

Elleithee has pledged neutrality and will not vote in the elections for the candidates he is moderating.

Questions from DNC members had to be submitted at least 48 hours before the forum to be considered.

This forum will focus on questions from DNC Members of the Eastern Region.

Precise schedule:

• National Finance Chair: 3:05 - 3:25 PM ET
• Treasurer: 3:35 - 3:55 PM ET
• Secretary: 4:05 - 4:25 PM ET
• Vice Chair for Civic Engagement & Voter Participation: 4:35 - 5:20 PM ET
• Vice Chair (1 of 2): 5:30 - 6:20 PM ET
• Vice Chair (2 of 2): 6:30 -7:20 PM ET
• Chair: 7:40 - 9:10 PM ET

First set of vice chair candidates:

• Adam Frisch
• Chris Jones
• Joe Barbuto
• Troy Blackwell
• Malcolm Kenyatta
• Artie Blanco
• David Hogg
• Jeanna Repass

Second set of vice chair candidates:

• Shasti Conrad
• James Zogby
• Michelle Deatrick
• Waikinya Clanton
• Joe Paolino
• Aisha Dew
• Kalyn Free
• Robert Stephens

01/30/2025 at 03:00PM

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.

Proxy form for Caucuses and Councils.

Proxy form for Standing Committees.

Proxies must be submitted 24 hours prior in which the proxy is to be executed.

The Budget & Finance Committee meeting is closed.

The Resolutions Committee will be considering these resolutions which were submitted by the 21-day deadline for recommendation to the full assembly. In addition to resolutions honoring the Biden-Harris administration, Jimmy Carter, and other Democratic officials and party members, they include:

• #3 Resolution Condemning Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet
• #9 Resolution Calling for Reform of the Supreme Court of the United States to Address Ethical Crisis Detailed in the Senate Judiciary Committee Investigative Report
• #10 Resolution Supporting the Constitution and the Proposition that all US Citizens are Equal Under the Law
• #11 Resolution Urging Congress to Work Together to Improve Health Care for all Americans submitted by William Owen of Tennessee
• #12 Resolution Condemning Political Violence and Promoting Peaceful Political Discourse submitted by Nadia Ahmad of Florida - needs to be amended to update that Trump has pardoned January 6 insurrectionists. Includes “harassment” in its definition of political violence. Does not explicitly defend nonviolent civil disobedience.
• #13 Resolution Condemning Violence Against Women and Supporting Efforts to End Gender-Based Violence submitted by Nadia Ahmad of Florida

The Credentials Committee will consider the status of the Alabama delegation, which is contested. The state party chair, Rev. Randy B. Kelley, has submitted his own slate of delegates, challenging the credentials of previously elected DNC members. The committee will submit a recommendation for consideration by the full assembly, which will be its first order of business on Friday morning.

The Rules and Bylaws Committee previously met and adopted rules of procedure for the officer elections to recommend to the full assembly for adoption.

There will be no elections for Caucus or Council leadership at the upcoming Winter meeting. Caucus and Council voting will occur at the next full DNC Meeting.

January 29	January 30	January 31	February 1

time	event	location
7:30am - 7:00pm	DNC Registration	Maryland Ballroom Foyer
8:00am - 8:45am	Budget & Finance Committee	Cherry Blossom
9:00am - 10:00am	Credentials Committee	Cherry Blossom
11:00am - 1:00pm	Resolutions Committee	Cherry Blossom
12:30pm - 2:00pm	LGBTQ Caucus	Maryland A
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Small Business Council	Maryland 1-2
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Rural Council	Maryland A
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Seniors Council	Maryland B
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Interfaith Council	Maryland 3-4
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Poverty Council	Maryland C
3pm -	Democratic National Committee Party Officer Candidate Forum	Georgetown University, DC

01/30/2025 at 08:00AM

As an openly eco-fascistic Republican Party works to dismantle the democratic experiment of the United States of America, the Democratic Party is one of the last remaining bulwarks, but only if it abandons the failed tools of neoliberalism and becomes a revitalized opposition party built upon civic democratic principles, capable of regaining the mantle of the working-class party in order to win against increasingly stark odds at the local level and the national stage.

The 448-odd members of the Democratic National Committee are gathering this week at National Harbor, Maryland to elect new leadership for the Democratic Party on Saturday morning. On Thursday, the candidates will gather in person at Georgetown University for a final forum, with the DNC chair candidates running in prime time with MSNBC anchors Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders, and Jonathan Capehart.

MSNBC guest anchor Luke Russert will moderate the forum for Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation candidates, and Mo Elleithee, Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, a Fox News contributor and DNC at-large member, will moderate the forums for Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair candidates. As a voting DNC member, Elleithee has pledged not to vote for the offices he is moderating and has avoided participating in the process (e.g. by signing nominating petitions or conversing with candidates).

After an opening reception Wednesday night, the standing committees meet Thursday morning, with council meetings in the afternoon, overlapping with the candidate forum an hour away. According to the proposed schedule, the only full open meeting of the committee will take place early Friday morning, followed by caucus and council meetings. The resolutions committee will consider submitted resolutions, and the credentials committee will recommend a determination for the status of the disputed Alabama delegation.

The order of elections on Saturday, according to the proposed rules of procedure, is: Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, National Finance Chair, Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, and the three other Vice Chairpersons, all of whom are members of the DNC executive committee. The fifth vice chair, the head of the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC), will be elected at a later date.

Chair

The race to succeed Jaime Harrison as DNC chair appears to be a two-man contest between Ken and Ben.

While there is currently no shortage of debate about the Democratic brand, questions about our data infrastructure and the broader information ecosystem in which we operate feel just as urgent. The next DNC Chair will have a tremendous opportunity to set a vision and a strategy that prioritizes innovation and that brings our Party into the future in how it manages its data, leverages technology, empowers its candidates, and reaches its voters on the channels and platforms where they actually spend their time.

During the 2024 Election Tech Debrief Conference, DNC chair candidates are invited to join virtually to share their plans around media and technology, only a few short days before the election. While the broader Election Tech Debrief conference is closed to the public, this panel will be open to a wider audience and broadcast live.

RSVP to tune in.

Moderators:

• Betsy Hoover, Higher Ground Labs
• Harry Khanna, elected DNC Member, Virginia, lawyer

01/28/2025 at 07:00PM

On Thursday, January 16, the DNC and POLITICO will co-host an in-person candidate forum for DNC officer elections in Detroit, Michigan focused on the Midwest region. The forum will be moderated by POLITICO journalists Eugene Daniels, Dasha Burns, Jonathan Martin, Elena Schneider, and Holly Otterbein.

The forum will begin at 1:30 pm ET and feature candidates for Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair. The forum will also be livestreamed on the DNC’s YouTube Channel, on POLITICO.com, and on POLITICO’s YouTube Channel.

For any candidate that did not qualify for the January 11 forum, 40 verified DNC member signatures must have been submitted no later than 12 PM ET on Thursday, January 9, 2025 to qualify for the January 16 forum. See all qualified candidates here.

DNC and POLITICO to Host Midwest Regional National Officer Forum

WHO: DNC National Officer Candidates

WHEN: Thursday, January 16 at 1:30 p.m. ET

WHERE: Westin Book Cadillac, 1114 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226

The following reporters will moderate:

• Eugene Daniels, Dasha Burns, and Jonathan Martin will moderate the forum for Chair candidates.
• Elena Schneider and Holly Otterbein will moderate the forums for Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair candidates.

REGISTRATION:

DNC Members: To attend in person, DNC Members must RSVP here. Priority will be given to DNC Members in the Midwestern region.

Media: To attend in person, members of the media must RSVP here. You will not be considered registered until you receive a confirmation email from the DNC with additional information regarding access and credentials.

General Public: To attend in person, members of the public must RSVP here. Space is not guaranteed.

Qualified Candidates:

Candidates for Chair

• Quintessa Hathaway
• Ken Martin
• Martin O’Malley
• Jason Paul
• James Skoufis
• Nate Snyder
• Ben Wikler
• Marianne Williamson

Candidates for Treasurer

• Matt Hughes
• Virginia McGregor

Candidates for Secretary

• Marilyn Davis
• Jason Rae

Candidates for National Finance Chair

• Chris Korge
• Christopher Lowe (withdrawn)

Candidates for Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation

• Joyce Beatty
• Michael Blake
• 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
• James Zogby

01/16/2025 at 01:30PM

Join our chair Michelle Deatrick July 22 at 7pm ET as she facilitates a conversation between actress and activist Jane Fonda, Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM), Sunrise Movement National Spokesperson Naina Agrawal-Hardin, and 350 Action’s North America Director, Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, about why Democrats need to run on climate.

Watch here.

07/22/2020 at 07:00PM

On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee’s resolutions committee voted down a resolution that would have established a climate debate for the presidential candidates, reflecting the wishes of frontrunner Joe Biden. However, the committee did open the door to candidates participating in a non-DNC-sanctioned climate debate, a significant victory for the youth activists leading the call. On Saturday, the full DNC voted that plan down 222 to 137, closing the door to any presidential climate debate.

DNC chair Tom Perez’s resolution to block a DNC climate debate passed the committee in an 17 to 8 vote.

At the DNC meeting in California, Biden spokesperson and DNC member Symone Sanders said it would be “dangerous” to hold a climate debate.

Mercury News’s Casey Tolan reported that Symone Sanders said a climate debate “would fundamentally change the game” of the established debate rules and would be “dangerous territory in the middle of a Democratic primary process.”

In June, Biden had expressed unequivocal support for a debate exclusively on climate.

DNC members opposed to holding a climate debate include corporate lobbyist and CNN commentator Maria Cardona of the Dewey Square Group, who said “It will take away time from their knocking on doors, going to all of your states to be able to campaign.”

With the August 22nd meeting of the Democratic National Committee fast approaching, DNC chair Tom Perez has filed a resolution to block the establishment of a Democratic presidential debate focused on climate change. Spurred by youth climate activists, nearly every candidate supports such a debate.

The Perez resolution argues that the climate town-hall forums scheduled by CNN and MSNBC for September, in which candidates would be interviewed separately, are a sufficient substitute for a debate.

The resolution concludes:

WHEREAS, Democratic candidates for President of the United States are demonstrating their commitment to tackling the issue of climate change, having already scheduled two televised forums on CNN and MSNBC to discuss the issue, and debating the issue during each of the DNC-sanctioned presidential primary debates;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Democrats will address the serious threat of climate change through bold and inclusive solutions that grow the clean energy economy and expand America’s middle class.

Perez was backed by Barack Obama to block environmental-justice leader Keith Ellison from becoming chair.

The full text of the resolution is below: