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

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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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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.