Overview

• DNC Vice Chair David Hogg faces a May 12 credentials hearing after Kalyn Free alleged his February election violated party bylaws on fairness and diversity.
• Hogg’s $20 million PAC plan to fund primary challenges against Democratic incumbents in safe districts has drawn criticism from DNC Chair Ken Martin and others.
• Martin has proposed a rule requiring DNC officers to remain neutral in primaries, with a vote expected at the party’s summer meeting.
• Hogg and veteran strategist James Carville clashed publicly over the PAC initiative but later found common ground, with Carville expressing support for Hogg’s leadership.
• Hogg has stated he will continue advocating for generational change within the party, even if he is removed from his DNC position.