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Democratic Governors Association
Organization of U.S. Democratic governors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington, D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1983, consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1] The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.
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Democratic Governors Association | |
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Chair | Tim Walz (MN) |
Vice Chair | Laura Kelly (KS) |
Finance Chair | Phil Murphy (NJ) |
Policy Chair | Gavin Newsom (CA) |
Founded | 1965 (Democratic Governors Conference) 1983 (Democratic Governors Association) |
Headquarters | 1225 Eye St NW Ste 1100 Washington, D.C., 20005 |
Affiliated | Democratic Party |
State governors | 23 / 50
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Territorial governors | 4 / 5
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Federal district mayorship | 1 / 1
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Meghan Meehan-Draper is currently the DGA's executive director, Tim Walz is the current chair, and Laura Kelly is the current vice-chair.