The District of Columbia Democratic State Committee (DC Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the District of Columbia.
As of March 31, 2016, Democrats make up 76 percent of the registered voters in the District of Columbia, while 6 percent are registered with the Republican Party (represented by the District of Columbia Republican Committee), 1 percent with the D.C. Statehood Green Party, less than 1 percent with the Libertarian Party (represented by the Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia), and 17 percent with no party or other.
Current elected officials
U.S. House of Representatives
The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation. Instead, constituents in the district elect a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. The current delegate is a Democrat. : Eleanor Holmes Norton (Delegate to Congress)
City-wide executive officials
District of Columbia has two city-wide elected executive officials: the Mayor & the Attorney General. Both officials are Democrats. Mayor: Muriel Bowser Attorney General: Brian Schwalb
Council of the District of Columbia
The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia. Democrats hold 11 of the 13 seats in the council. Council Chairman: Phil Mendelson At-large: Anita Bonds At-large: Robert White Ward 1: Brianne Nadeau Ward 2: Brooke Pinto Ward 3: Matthew Frumin Ward 4: Janeese Lewis George Ward 5: Kenyan McDuffie Ward 6: Charles Allen Ward 7: Vincent C. Gray Ward 8: Trayon White
Shadow congressperson
The posts of shadow United States Senator and shadow United States Representative (not to be confused with the non-voting delegate) are held by elected or appointed government officials from subnational polities of the United States that lack congressional vote. While these officials are not seated in either chamber of Congress, they seek for their subnational polity to gain voting rights in Congress.
In District of Columbia, such officeholders are elected. All of them are Democrats. Senior United States shadow senator: Paul Strauss (Class II) Junior United States shadow senator: Mike Brown (Class I) Shadow representative: Oye Owolewa
Officers
As of January 2020, the committee's officers are:
Chair: Charles Wilson
Vice Chair: Linda Gray
Executive Director: Claudette David
Recording Secretary: Alan Karnofsky
Corresponding Secretary: Alexa Wertman-Brown
Treasurer: Brandon Frye
National Committeeman: Kevin B. Chavous
National Committeewoman: Denise Reed
References
External links
District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
District of Columbia
Democratic Party (United States) Political parties in the District of Columbia