"People say they want change in the Democratic Party," he told the New York Times. "But really they want change so long as it doesn’t potentially endanger their position of power. That’s not actually wanting change. That’s selfishness.”

Hogg, a 2023 Harvard graduate, helped form March for Our Lives, a youth movement to stop gun violence. He is currently the president of Leaders We Deserve and the recently elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. His campaign aims to replace older Democratic members of Congress in solidly blue districts in next year's primaries with younger, more combative leaders who take on the challenges under the Trump administration.

Read the New York Times story, April 15, 2025

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