Two lawmakers announce offers to succeed Bustos at DCCC

On Monday night, two Democrats quickly jumped into the race to replace the party’s campaign leader, the Illinois representative. Darling BustosCheryl (Cheri) Lea Bustos Democrats’ post-election ‘family reunion’ grows in chaos Democrats try to recruit Cardenas to lead campaign after disappointing night The Hill 12:30 report: How to read field votes more battles, who said hours earlier she would not run for a second term after Democrats suffered a disappointing election night.

Representatives Tony Cárdenas (California) and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) have both informed their colleagues that they are running for president of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for the 2022 cycle.

Closed-door, secret ballot leadership elections are scheduled for next week.

Others said to be eyeing the race include Representative Linda Sánchez (Calif.), Former Democratic caucus vice-chair and former Hispanic caucus chair; and two Texans, Reps. Marc VeaseyMarc Allison Veasey Democrats’ post-election ‘family reunion’ grows in chaos Joaquin Castro wonders if postal workers broke federal law by hiding mail Chinese tech giants caught in rising US-China tensions LEARN MORE and Colin Allred, who are both members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

In recent days, the allies had urged Cárdenas, a talented fundraiser who led the campaign arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC, to drop a three-way race for the post of deputy chairman and enter the contest to lead. the DCCC. The former Los Angeles state councilor and lawmaker is seen as someone who could help Democrats solve the Hispanic voter problem in places such as Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and Miami- Dade in South Florida.

Cárdenas said that during his six years at the helm of BOLD PAC, the super PAC has helped increase the number of Hispanic members of Congress from 25 to 40 and raise more than $ 30 million. Democrats will need all the help they can get in 2022, a mid-point cycle where the incumbent president’s party has historically suffered heavy losses in Congress.

“The next midterm elections won’t be easy and I won’t tell the truth – it will be a hell of a fight – but families across America are counting on us to win again in two years and I refuse to. leave them or this Caucus down, ”Cárdenas wrote to his colleagues Monday night. “This fight will be a huge responsibility which I humbly embrace because I am confident that I have the experience, commitment and passion to successfully lead us to the finish line.

Maloney brings his own unique brand to the race. Also a prolific fundraiser, the lumberjack’s son has proven himself to win re-election in a conservative-leaning district that has sided with President TrumpDonald John Trump A Philadelphia Republican official responsible for the vote count said the office was receiving death threats that Biden would call on governors and mayors over the mask mandate The campaign’s election fraud hotline Trump inundated with prank calls MORE in 2016. In his letter to colleagues, Maloney praised this experience, as well as the diversity he brings to the leadership role as a member of the LGBT Caucus.

“I won my first election by defeating an incumbent Republican and won re-election five times, each time surpassing the top of the rankings,” he wrote. “I did all of this as a married gay man with an interracial family – the first person, and until 2020 alone, openly LGBTQ ever elected to Congress in New York City.

Maloney has already shown interest in the job, weighing a race against then DCCC chairman Ben Ray Luján (NM) after the 2016 cycle, which put Trump in the White House. Maloney ultimately refused to participate in the race and instead took on the responsibility of leading the party’s review of the campaign message and strategy – a process Democratic leaders have launched again this year.

Maloney’s 2020 race has yet to be called. But he leads his GOP opponent with around 80% of the votes counted, and the remaining ballots are largely mail-in, supposedly leaning towards Democrats in a cycle where Trump had warned his supporters that voting through the Postal Service would encourage the fraud.

Cárdenas’ move to the DCCC race leaves a two-way street for the deputy chairman between Rep. Katherine clarkKatherine Marlea Clark Democrats attempt to recruit Cardenas to lead campaign arm after disappointing night Pocan will not seek another term as Progressive Caucus co-chair Democratic leaders: Supreme Court fight is about Obama (Mass.), Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Caucus and Rep. David CicillinDavid Nicola Cicilline Civil rights group and watchdog formally ask Twitter to suspend Trump’s account for disinformation Democrats try to recruit Cardenas to lead campaign after a disappointing night The Justice Department accused Google of illegally maintaining the research monopoly LEARN MORE (RI), which heads the Committee for Democratic Policy and Communications (DPCC).

Next week, when lawmakers return to Washington, Democrats will also hold elections for a handful of other contested leadership positions, including the DPCC and caucus vice-chair.