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Young Democrats of America

Youth wing of U.S. Democratic Party

Field	Value
name	Young Democrats of America
logo	2023 YDA wordmark.svg
colorcode
president	Fatima Heyward (NJ)
founded	{{cite web	url=https://marincountyyoungdems.wordpress.com/about/young-democrats-of-america/	title=Young Democrats of America – Marin County Young Democrats
work	WordPress	date=16 January 2013	access-date=2016-03-13}}
headquarters	Washington, D.C.
ideology	Modern liberalism
international	International Federation of Liberal Youth
mother party	Democratic Party
website

The Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the youth wing of the Democratic Party of the United States. YDA operates as a separate organization from the Democratic National Committee; following the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, it became an independent 527 organization. The group's membership consists of Democrats from ages 14 to 35, and its political activities include an emphasis on increasing the voter turnout of young people.

Leadership

YDA membership elects seven national officers on a biennial basis at the organization's National Convention in odd-numbered years and two DNC representatives in even-numbered years. These officers maintain the day-to-day management of the organization. Most recently, officers were elected at the 2025 YDA National Convention in Philadelphia.

Between national conventions, the governing body of YDA is the National Committee which is composed of the president and two national committee representatives from each chartered unit, along with the chairs of the twelve constituency caucuses, eight regional directors, eight chairs of select committees, and the nine individually elected officers.

The President, Democratic National Committeeman, and Democratic National Committeewoman are members of the Democratic National Committee, and superdelegates to any Democratic National Convention occurring during their terms.

2025–2027 National Officers

President: Fatima Heyward of New Jersey
Executive Vice President: Lezlie Braxton Campbell of Massachusetts
Eastern Vice President: Isaac Kaufer of Massachusetts
Southern Vice President: Blake Robinson of Georgia
Midwest Vice President: James Wells of Indiana
Western Vice President: Parshan Khosravi of California
Secretary: Maria Nieto Orta of Nevada
Treasurer: Sam Jane of Virginia

2025–2027 Democratic National Committee Members

Democratic National Committee Representative: Steph Campanha Wheaton of New Jersey
Democratic National Committee Representative: Stephon Moore of Kentucky

''Ex officio'' national officers

Chair of the Association of Chartered Unit Presidents: Allison Wiseman of Kentucky
Chair of the Council of Caucus Chairs: Leslie Templeton of Massachusetts

Past leaders

Democratic party leaders and Democratic elected officials who are former YDA national officers include:

Steny Hoyer – U.S. representative from Maryland
Warren Magnuson – Former U.S. senator from Washington
Allan Turner Howe – Former U.S. representative from Utah
Mark Stodola – Former Mayor of Little Rock
Chep Morrison – Former Mayor of New Orleans
R. Spencer Oliver – Former Secretary General Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Maggie Toulouse Oliver – New Mexico secretary of state
Chris Anderson – Former Chattanooga city councilman and Tennessee Democratic Party State Executive Committee member
Lena Guerrero – Former member of the Texas House of Representatives
Isaac Robinson – Former member of the Michigan House of Representatives
Joe McDermott – King County councilor
Elaine Marshall – North Carolina secretary of state

National Convention, National Committee, and chartered units

The YDA organization is composed of "chartered units" with one from each U.S. state or territory. YDA holds a National Convention every two years during the summer of odd-numbered years with complex rules for how many votes each chartered unit may cast. The YDA National Committee meets at least two times per year and consists of the President of each chartered unit, two representatives of differing gender identities from each chartered unit, and a number of other officers and committee and caucus chairs.

National Convention locations

Past and Future YDA National Conventions were held in the below venues:

2025: Philadelphia, PA
2023: Las Vegas, NV
2021: Cincinnati, OH
2019: Indianapolis, IN
2017: Dallas, TX
2015: Los Angeles, CA
2013: San Antonio, TX
2011: Louisville, KY
2009: Chicago, IL
2007: Dallas, TX
2005: San Francisco, CA
2003: Buffalo, NY
2001: New York City, NY
1999: Little Rock, AR
1997: Miami, FL
1995: New Orleans, LA
1993: Merrillville, IN
1991: St Louis, MO
1989: Columbus, OH
1987: Phoenix, AZ
1985: Miami, FL
1983: Charleston, WV
1981: Richmond, VA

References

Connery, Michael. ''Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Democratic Majority'', ig Publishing, 2008 {{ISBN. 978-0-9788431-3-7
(19 July 2025). "Announcing the Young Democrats of America 2025-2027 Executive Officers".
(30 June 2018). "YDA past officers (1932-2021)". Young Democrats of America.
"Archived copy".
"Past Officers « YDA – Young Democrats of America".

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