A Texan in National Democratic Leadership

Congratulations to David Hardt of Dallas who was elected President of the Young Democrats of America at the YDA convention in Dallas this weekend. Here's the Burnt Orange Report's take on the election:

At yesterday's final session of the 2007 Young Democrats of America convention, David Hardt, formerly Texas's male member of the YDA national committee, formerly Dallas County's Young Democrats President, was elected president of the national organization.

The final vote was 1,995 votes for David to 107 votes for his opponent from New Mexico, with a few abstentions. In what may be the largest victory in any contested YDA election ever, David took 93% of the vote.

David ran on a campaign platform of expanding YDA's innovative field operations, improving relations between the national organization and the local chapters and increasing YDA's fundraising goals. A far cry from the 2005 convention, which saw two competing slates splitting states across the country, David won strong support from key leaders in every region early on in the race.

David Hardt is the first openly gay president of the Young Democrats of America, the first Texan president in many years, and will serve as president through the 2008 election cycle, leaving office in July 2009.

I am not an expert on the history of the YDA, nor as to Texas's representation in its leadership, but it is nice to see Texas Democrats taking a national leadership role. Here's to more of the same in 2008!


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