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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg runs for Democratic committee post: ‘We can’t win without young voters’

man wearing blue shirt gestures while standing behind microphone
David Hogg speaks during a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on the National Mall in Washington DC, on 11 June 2022. Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting turned gun safety and youth leadership advocate, has launched a bid for one of the Democratic National Committee’s vice-chair positions, arguing the party needs to move in a bolder and more anti-establishment direction as it braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Hogg announced on Monday that he would seek one of the party’s top leadership posts due, in part, to his frustration with a lack of accountability among prominent Democrats following Kamala Harris’s loss in November’s presidential race.

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