About Us
Majority Democrats is a new organization committed to reshaping and growing the Democratic Party so that it can compete everywhere and improve the lives of the American people.
From city halls to Congress, coast to coast, Majority Democrats consistently outperform the Democratic Party as a whole. They are the next generation of Democratic leaders—willing to challenge the establishment and break with party orthodoxy. They understand what matters to their communities and know how to win, especially in the places where Democrats underperform.
Our Mission
We are the next generation of Democratic leaders — mayors, state legislators, members of Congress, and governors. We come from different places and bring different perspectives, but share a common purpose: to lead a renewal — of our party, our politics, and our country.
To do that, we have three objectives:
- Elevate the leaders and ideas that will define the next era of American politics.
- Win and sustain Democratic majorities.
- Deliver results that improve people’s lives.
To grow, the Democratic Party must change. Not just its people or policies, but its culture. We seek to become the engine of that change.
What We Believe
It’s a simple promise: if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to get ahead. But for too many Americans, the American Dream has become a pipe dream.
Neither party has a credible plan to restore that promise. The Democratic establishment has no ideas, while the Republican Party has no decency. We face a choice: rise to the moment with new ideas and vigor, or turn inward and hand the future to people too timid to change and too rigid to win.
Majority Democrats know where we stand. We offer America a different path, one rooted in four enduring values:
- Prosperity: America is rich, but most Americans don’t feel rich — they feel anxious, exhausted, and financially insecure. Prosperity isn’t measured by GDP or last quarter’s stock gains; it’s measured by whether the middle class is growing or shrinking. Some in our party wish to make every essential good “free.” We know that nothing in life is free and pretending otherwise will bankrupt America. Instead, Democrats should focus on clearing the obstacles to growth and creating the conditions for real economic dynamism — with policies that ensure people reap the rewards of their work and prevent wealth from being captured by a narrow few.
- Patriotism: America is exceptional — not because we are better than anyone else, but because for 250 years we’ve been the world’s greatest engine of freedom and human flourishing. Any claim that America isn’t great because it isn’t perfect is nonsense. Being American isn’t about your ancestry — it’s a creed: that free people can govern themselves and build a better future by their own hands. The most patriotic thing we can do is make sure the future is built in America — that we invent the next breakthroughs here and educate the next generation in a way that does more than train workers; it forms citizens. Anything less is failure.
- Personal Responsibility: No decent society lets the vulnerable fall through the cracks. We don’t blame anyone too young, too old, or too sick to work; we help them live dignified lives. But government cannot — and should not — try to do everything or strip people of the duty of self-reliance. Government should clear hurdles and set the conditions for success — but it’s up to each citizen to seize it. Democrats drifted from that truth. Majority Democrats will not.
- Place: What works in one part of the country doesn’t work everywhere. We should trust local people to solve local problems and resist drowning them in rules and mandates –while not letting small, entrenched local interests veto growth for everyone else.
In short, Majority Democrats stand with the builders and the doers — employers and employees alike — whose ideas and labor create value, drive growth, and keep the country moving forward. We stand against the rent seekers and free riders who profit by gaming the system — corporations that dodge taxes but rely on public assistance to subsidize their workforce, the social-media giants that profit from division and addiction, and the special-interest groups that impose purity tests but block the very reforms that would help the country prosper. They’re the dead weight on a free society and they must be defeated.
Our Members
- AZ
US Senator
Ruben Gallego
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Assemblymember
Buffy Wicks
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Congressman
George Whitesides
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Mayor of San Jose
Matt Mahan
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Congressman
Joe Neguse
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US Senator and Candidate for Governor
Michael Bennet
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Mayor of Denver
Mike Johnston
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Congresswoman
Sarah McBride
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Mayor of Miami
Eileen Higgins
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State Representative
Phil Olaleye
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Mayor of Boise
Lauren McLean
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Congressman
Jared Golden
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Congressman
Jake Auchincloss
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US Senator
Elissa Slotkin
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Congresswoman
Kristen McDonald Rivet
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Congresswoman
Angie Craig
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Senator
Grant Hauschild
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Mayor of Kansas City
Quinton Lucas
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Majority Leader of the State Assembly
Sandra Jauregui
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Congresswoman
Maggie Goodlander
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Governor
Mikie Sherrill
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Congressman
Gabe Vasquez
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Congressman
Josh Riley
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Congressman
Pat Ryan
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Congressman
Ritchie Torres
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Attorney General
Jeff Jackson
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Mayor of Canton
Zeb Smathers
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Mayor of Cincinnati
Aftab Pureval
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Mayor of Cleveland
Justin Bibb
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Congresswoman
Janelle Bynum
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Lt. Governor
Austin Davis
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Congressman
Brendan Boyle
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Mayor of Scranton
Paige Cognetti
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State Representative
James Talarico
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Mayor of San Antonio
Ron Nirenberg
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Governor
Abigail Spanberger
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
Don Scott
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Mayor of Newport News
Phillip Jones
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Congresswoman
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
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Delegate
Kayla Young
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Mayor of Milwaukee
Cavalier Johnson
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