DNC elects new vice chair following David Hogg’s exit amid party division

Shattis Konrad, head of the Democratic Party in Washington State, Vice -Chairman of the National Democratic Committee (DNC) was elected on Friday, as David Hug’s controversy, which lasted for months, ended the 25 -year -old progressive from the party’s leadership.

The second voting period for the election of the vice president of DNC “any sex” ended on Friday night as a unconstitution Most of the voices made by DNC members were picked up. Earlier this week, the candidates failed to secure the majority and Gina Redus was eliminated during the first round of the vote.

Hogg announced his departure from the DNC leadership after the members voted last week to support the decision of the accreditation committee proposed by the Democratic Party activist, Kalyn Free, to host the re -election of the vice president’s tendency, which Hogg won and Vice President of DNC Malcolm Kenyatta during the Freiber 1 elections.

“I am honored to hold the position of Vice -Chairman of the National Democratic Committee and I am very grateful to the members who put their confidence in me,” Conrad said in a statement. “These were the longest elections in the history of DNC, and all voting reflects our common belief in building a stronger and more comprehensive democratic party.”

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Ken Martin, President of DNC, celebrated the victory, describing Conrad as “Trailblazer who realizes the importance of defending our societies and doing hard work on Earth to help Democrats win and land in voting.”

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Kenyatta Fox News Digitter told Hogg that her re -election drama prevented DNC from being “concentrated individually”.

Kenyatta said: “We have spent a lot of time talking about the procedural nonsense inside DNC.

Hogg agreed to write in a lengthy X statement that he was stepping down from DNC, “so that the party could focus on what really matters.”

But Hogg ignited the divisions of the internal Democratic Party this year through its $ 20 million plan to challenge the weak, weak, weak, weak who said he was “asleep on the wheel of leadership.” The plan revealed, through the external political work group, leaders we deserve, a clear dispute with Martin, who gave Hogg the warning either to abandon his political influence through Pak or abandon his leadership position in DNC.

DNC Martin president speaks at the DNC winter meeting at the National Harbour National Harbour Resort and Convention Center, on February 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, JR.)

Young’s progressive departure did only a few major headlines about the dismantling of the Democratic Party, as DNC officials criticized Martin’s leadership, and the New York Times reported that officials have thought about borrowing money to pay bills this year.

Earlier this week, New York Times I also mentioned for the first time that two senior union leaders had left DNC. Randy Winjern, President of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Sonders, President of the American Federation of Government employees, provinces and municipality, refused to remain as members of DNC.

“It seems out of the step with the leadership in which you are taking, and I do not want to be the person who continues to ask about the reason for expanding our tent and we are trying to actively involve more and more of our societies,” said Winjerin, the leader of education and long voice in democratic policy, in one of the messages that are now on social media.

Randy Winjern, then president of the American Federation, interacts with the teachers, in front of the sub -committee chosen for the house on the Koronverus in Capitol Hill, Washington on April 26, 2023. (Reuters)

Hogg decision to leave DNC follows Politico reportWhich included the leaked voice of a zooming meeting of Martin, dep Al -Drag’s implications in DNC, claiming that it made it difficult for Democrats to take their functions and that is why Martin proves his ability to drive.

Martin said: “I don’t think you meant this, but you mainly destroyed any opportunity for me to show the leadership I need. Therefore, it is really frustrating,” Martin said.

On Friday, DNC described the collection of approximately $ 40 million in the first four months during the Martin era, which strengthened the committee to “donors at the base level who were shot to elect the Democrats and defeat Donald Trump and the schedule of billionaire billionaires from Maga.”

Martin partially said: “supported by our popular society, DNC achieved a new record in most of the money collected in the first four months under a new chair – what matters is to win the elections, which makes Democrats compete everywhere, expand our tent, and put our party on the right path,” Martin said partially.

free She submitted her complaint After the DNC officer elections on February 1, in which Hogg and Kenyatta were elected Vice President. She claimed that DNC ​​scheduling violated the charter and parliamentary procedure and “discrimination against three women from the colored candidates.”

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“This was never about Malcolm Kenyatta or David Huge,” Faris told Fox News Digital after the credit data committee filed its complaint to the full DNC. “For me, this was related to making sure that the Democratic Party amounts to our ideals as the only political party that believes in support for electoral integrity and free and fair democracy.”

The Democratic Party confirmed that the re -election of the Vice President has nothing to do with the main controversy raised by Hoji earlier this year, but Hogg criticized the vote as a “quickly” effort to remove it from the party’s leadership.

Fox News Paige Dodkman contributed to this report.