{"id":41902,"date":"2025-06-13T21:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41902"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:14:00","slug":"david-hogg-out-at-dnc-wont-run-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/david-hogg-out-at-dnc-wont-run-again\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hogg out at DNC, won&#8217;t run again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.axios.com%2FiIKH-H-mdPaBwwfwRy3agsLpAvw%3D%2F52x0%2Fsmart%2F2024%2F07%2F02%2F1719887987721.jpg&amp;w=128&amp;q=75\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/authors\/asolender\">Andrew Solender<\/a> (Axios.com) June 11, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/cE8NrhciUo8AGt1PfI5uBJKZbj8=\/0x231:7386x4385\/1920x1080\/2025\/06\/11\/1749682188446.jpg?w=3840\" alt=\"David Hogg, wearing a blue suit and tie and standing with others in a dimly lit hallway.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Hogg at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 22, 2024. Photo: DOMINIC GWINN\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/13\/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-democrats\">David Hogg<\/a>&nbsp;won&#8217;t run again to be a DNC vice chair after his and Malcolm Kenyatta&#8217;s elections were both vacated, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:&nbsp;<\/strong>The vote was based on a technical complaint, but it comes as Democrats have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/18\/house-democrats-david-hogg-primary-dnc\">expressed fury with Hogg<\/a>&nbsp;for simultaneously serving as a top party official while supporting congressional primary candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hogg announced in April that his group Leaders We Deserve would spend $20 million trying to oust Democratic incumbents in safely blue districts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The organization on Tuesday endorsed 37-year-old Virginia state Del. Irene Shin in the open primary for the late Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/21\/gerry-connolly-dies-oversight-committee-virginia\">Gerry Connolly<\/a>&#8216;s seat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What happened:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Wednesday afternoon vote was decisive, with 75% of the 393 participating DNC members voting to vacate the election and 25% voting against doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hogg and Kenyatta will now face off for a single vice chair position in an election that will span from Thursday to Saturday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A group of female DNC officials who previously ran for DNC vice chair roles \u2014 along with whoever loses between Hogg and Kenyatta \u2014 will be eligible to run for the remaining role from Sunday to next Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This article was updated to note that Hogg won&#8217;t run again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hogg&nbsp;won&#8217;t run again to be a DNC vice chair after his and Malcolm Kenyatta&#8217;s elections were both vacated, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters:&nbsp;The vote was based on a technical complaint, but it comes as Democrats have&nbsp;expressed fury with Hogg&nbsp;for simultaneously serving as a top party official&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/david-hogg-out-at-dnc-wont-run-again\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41903,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902\/revisions\/41903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}