List of Democratic Socialists of America members who have held office in the United States
The following American politicians are members of the Democratic Socialists of America who have held elected office in the United States.
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Seats in the Senate | 0 / 100 |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 2 / 435 |
Seats in House Democratic Caucus | 2 / 233 |
Seats in state upper chambers | 1 / 1,972 |
Seats in state lower chambers | 11 / 5,411 |
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In the 2017 elections, fifteen DSA members were elected to state and local offices in thirteen states.[1] In the 2018 midterm elections, DSA members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib were elected to the United States House of Representatives[2] and DSA members were elected to over forty state and local offices.[3]
Federal officials
Current
Name | District | Tenure |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[4] | NY-14 | since 2019 |
Rashida Tlaib[4] | MI-13 | since 2019 |
Former
Name | District | Tenure |
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John Conyers[5] | MI-1, MI-14, MI-13 | 1965–2017 |
Ron Dellums[6] | CA-9 | 1971–1998 |
Major Owens[7] | NY-12, NY-11 | 1983-2007 |
State officials
Upper houses
Current
Name | Chamber | District | Tenure |
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Julia Salazar[4] | New York State Senate | 18th | since 2019 |
Former
Name | Chamber | District | Tenure |
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Constance N. Johnson[8] | Oklahoma Senate | 48th | 2005–14 |
Lower houses
Current
Name | House | District | Tenure |
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Amy Perruso[4] | Hawaii House of Representatives | 46th | since 2018 |
Michael Sylvester[4] | Maine House of Representatives | 39th | since 2016 |
Gabriel Acevero[4] | Maryland House of Delegates | 39th | since 2019 |
Vaughn Stewart[4] | Maryland House of Delegates | 19th | since 2019 |
Mike Connolly[9] | Massachusetts House of Representatives | 26th | since 2017 |
Jade Bahr[4] | Montana House of Representatives | 50th | since 2019 |
Elizabeth Fiedler[4] | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 184th | since 2019 |
Summer Lee[4] | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 34th | since 2019 |
Sara Innamorato[4] | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 21st | since 2019 |
Brian Cina[10] | Vermont House of Representatives | Chittenden-6-4 | since 2016 |
Lee J. Carter[1][11] | Virginia House of Delegates | 50th | since 2018 |
Former
Name | House | District | Tenure |
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Harlan Baker[12] | Maine House of Representatives | 1979–88 | |
Perry Bullard[13] | Michigan House of Representatives | 53rd | 1973–92 |
Niilo Koponen[14][15] | Alaska House of Representatives | 1982-92 | |
Babette Josephs[13] | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 182nd | 1985–2012 |
Tom Gallagher[13] | Massachusetts House of Representatives | 1st Suffolk district | 1980–86 |
Kaniela Ing[16] | Hawaii House of Representatives | 11th | 2012–18 |
Isaac Robinson[17] | Michigan House of Representatives | 4th | 2019–20 |
Municipal officials
Current
Name | Municipality | District | Tenure |
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Juan Marcano[11][18] | Aurora, Colorado City Council | 4th | since 2020 |
Denise Joy[11] | Billings, Montana City Council | 3rd | since 2018 |
Junie Joseph[11][19] | Boulder, Colorado City Council | At-large | since 2019 |
Zoraya Hightower[20] | Burlington, Vermont City Council | 1st | since 2020 |
Max Tracy[21] | Burlington, Vermont City Council | 2nd | since 2014 |
Jane Stromberg[22] | Burlington, Vermont City Council | 8th | since 2020 |
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler[11][23] | Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council | At-large | since 2020 |
Michael Payne[11][24] | Charlottesville, Virginia City Council | At-large | since 2019 |
Daniel La Spata[25] | Chicago City Council | 1st | since 2019 |
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa[25] | Chicago City Council | 35th | since 2015 |
Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez[25] | Chicago City Council | 33rd | since 2019 |
Byron Sigcho-Lopez[25] | Chicago City Council | 25th | since 2019 |
Jeanette Taylor[25] | Chicago City Council | 20th | since 2019 |
Andre Vasquez[25] | Chicago City Council | 40th | since 2019 |
Candi CdeBaca[26] | Denver City Council | 9th | since 2019 |
Joel Sipress[11] | Duluth City Council | 2nd | since 2014 |
Seema Singh[11] | Knoxville, Tennessee City Council | 3rd | since 2018 |
Amelia Parker[11][19] | Knoxville, Tennessee City Council | At-large Seat C | since 2019 |
Brandon Betz[11][27] | Lansing, Michigan City Council | 1st | since 2019 |
Max Prestigiacomo[28] | Madison Common Council | 8th | since 2020 |
Zac Bears[11][29] | Medford, Massachusetts City Council | At-large | since 2020 |
Darnell Ford[11] | Middletown, Connecticut Common Council | At-large | since 2019 |
Carlina Rivera[30] | New York City Council | 2nd | since 2018 |
Ross Grooters[11] | Pleasant Hill, Iowa City Council | At-large | since 2018 |
Katie Valenzuela[31] | Sacramento, California City Council | 4th | since 2020 |
Nelsie Yang[11][19] | Saint Paul City Council | 6th | since 2020 |
Dean Preston[11][32][33] | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | 5th | since 2019 |
Jefferson Thomas "J.T." Scott[11] | Somerville, Massachusetts City Council | 2nd | since 2018 |
Ben Ewen-Campen[11] | Somerville, Massachusetts City Council | 3rd | since 2018 |
khalid kamau[34] | South Fulton, Georgia City Council | 6th | since 2017 |
Gina Morgenstein[11][35] | Wallingford, Connecticut Town Council | At-large | since 2017 |
Mike McDermott[11][36] | Westland, Michigan City Council | 16th | since 2019 |
James Blanco[11] | West Lafayette, Indiana City Council | At-large | since 2020 |
Former
Name | Municipality | Tenure |
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Larry Agran[13] | Mayor of Irvine, California; Irvine City Council | 1982–2014 |
Jovanka Beckles[37] | Richmond, California City Council | 2010–18 |
Harry Britt[13] | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | 1979–93 |
Hilda Mason[13] | Council of the District of Columbia | 1977–99 |
Gayle McLaughlin[38] | Mayor of Richmond; Richmond, California City Council | 2005–17 |
Benjamin Nichols[39] | Mayor of Ithaca, New York | 1989–95 |
James Scheibel[13] | Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1990–94 |
David Scondras[13] | Boston City Council | 1984–93 |
See also
References
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Brian Cina is in the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Burlington, Vermont. He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
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