Democratic National Committee Officer Candidates

“MSNBC Live” and Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service will host a Democratic National Committee (DNC) officer candidate forum on Thursday, Jan. 30 at Georgetown University. This will be the fourth and final officially sanctioned DNC officer candidate forum just two days before the election that will determine the future leadership of the DNC. The full forum will be live-streamed on MSNBC’s YouTube channel beginning at 3 p.m. ET. MSNBC and GU Politics will host Jen Psaki (Spring ’17 GU Politics Fellow), Symone Sanders Townsend (Fall ’24 GU Politics Fellow), and Jonathan Capehart (Spring ’19 GU Politics Fellow); Creative Director of “MSNBC Live” Luke Russert; and GU Politics Executive Director Mo Elleithee will moderate the day-long forum to be held in Georgetown’s Gaston Hall.

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Candidates for National Finance Chair

Chris Korge: DNC National Finance Chair since 2019; Harris Victory Fund National Finance Chair; Biden Victory Fund National Finance Chair

Tim Lim: National Finance Committee of last four presidential campaigns; Board Treasurer, Run for Something and Fund for States; Board Member, Resilient Democracy Fund and Informing Democracy

Candidates for Treasurer

Merika Coleman: State Senator, Alabama; Chair, Alabama Legislative Black Caucus; Lawyer and Educator

Matt Hughes: Former 2nd Vice Chair, NC Democratic Party; Town Commissioner, Hillsborough, NC; Nonprofit CFO

Virginia McGregor: DNC Treasurer since 2021; National Co-Chair, DNC Women’s Leadership Forum; Board Member, family-run union steel manufacturing company

Candidates for Secretary

Marilyn Davis: Former DNC National Director of Community Engagement; Director of Constituency Outreach, 2012 Democratic National Convention; Public affairs and political campaign strategist

Jason Rae: DNC Secretary since 2017; Former Chair, DNC Youth Council; President & CEO, Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Candidates for Vice Chair for Civic Engagement & Voter Participation

Representative Joyce Beatty: Member of Congress (D-OH); Former Chair, Congressional Black Caucus

Michael Blake: Former DNC Vice Chair at Large, 2017-2021; Former New York State Assembly Member; Former White House Associate Director of Public Engagement, Obama Administration

Josh Burstein: Creative Director, 2024 Democratic National Convention; Digital Strategist, Obama Administration; Former Senior Creative Advisor, DNC

Jim McBride: Grassroots Organizer, Virginia; Communications and Political Strategist, and democracy advocate

Sheikh Rahman: Georgia State Senator; Member, DNC Executive Committee

Rosarie Tucci: Grassroots organizer, last 5 presidential campaigns; Democracy advocate and former senior official at US Agency for International Development and US Institute for Peace

Reyna Walters-Morgan: Former DNC Director of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection; Voting Rights attorney

Representative Nikema Williams: Member of Congress (D-GA); Chair, Georgia Democratic Party

Candidates for Vice Chair

Joe Barbuto: Chair, Wyoming Democratic Party

Troy Blackwell: Advisor to Mrs. Gwen Walz, Harris-Walz Campaign; Founder, Ready for Change PAC; Appointee in last two Democratic presidential administrations

Artie Blanco: Nevada Member, DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee and Executive Committee; National Campaign Director, AFL-CIO

Waikinya Clanton: Founder, Black Women for Kamala; Former Associate Director of African American and Women’s Outreach and Engagement, DNC

Shasti Conrad: Chair, Washington State Democratic Party

Michelle Deatrick: Founder and Chair, DNC Environmental and Climate Crisis Council

Aisha Dew: Member, North Carolina State House of Representatives; Former Vice Chair, North Carolina Democratic Party

Kalyn Free: Oklahoma Democratic Party Central Committee

Adam Frisch: 2022 and 2024 Democratic Nominee for Congress (CO-03)

David Hogg: Co-founder and Board Member, March For Our Lives

Chris Jones: 2022 Democratic nominee for Arkansas Governor; Co-Chair, Dirt Road Dems PAC

Malcolm Kenyatta: State Representative, Pennsylvania; Former Chair, Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans