The Democratic National Committee (DNC) may soon move to boot newly-elected Vice Chair David Hogg following a complaint from Native American Kalyn Free, who lost the vice chair race to the Parkland school shooting survivor in February and is now claiming that the election had been discriminatory toward women of color.
The DNC, according to a report published Tuesday by Semafor, will meet virtually on May 12 to consider the challenge.
“DNC could vote to oust David Hogg. Will hear a challenge next month by a Native American DNC member who lost the vice chair race, and wants a new election, citing ‘fairness and gender diversity’ rules,” Semafor political reporter David Weigel posted.
Scoop: DNC could vote to oust David Hogg. Will hear a challenge next month by a Native American DNC member who lost the vice chair race, and wants a new election, citing “fairness and gender diversity” rules. https://t.co/yKKbBUtkfr
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) April 29, 2025
Free, in her complaint, called on the DNC to vacate the vice chair positions and hold two new elections, saying that the results of the previous “fatally flawed election that violated the DNC Charter and discriminated against three women of color candidates” should not be allowed to stand.
Hogg also provoked anger from the current DNC Chairman Ken Martin and others within the Democratic Party when he declared his intention to funnel some $20 million through his Leaders We Deserve organization into primary challenges against Democrats whose time he believes has passed. Martin issued a warning, saying that he would be wise to leave the DNC if his intent was to attack incumbent Democrats.
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville also took aim at Hogg over his primary plans, referring to him as a “contemptible little twerp” and suggesting the DNC should consider suing him if he insisted on working against the party from within.
“If I work for, if you work for NewsNation, you can’t promote CNN. That’s if you worked for somebody else,” Carville said. “You have a fiduciary duty to your employer, which anybody can understand. He’s being paid to run against other Democrats. I think it’s an outrage. I don’t know if I have standing, but I might give the DNC $10 and sue him.”
