NextGen America Statement on DCCC Policy of Protecting Incumbents

This week, 68 chapters of the College Democrats called on voters to boycott donating to the DCCC after it instituted a new policy to protect incumbents. In response, Heather Hargreaves, Executive Director of NextGen America, which ran the largest youth vote program in American history last cycle, released the following statement:

“In November, young voters turned out in record numbers to elect progressive, diverse and inspiring candidates to office. Young people are the present and future of the Democratic Party, but time and again, the Democratic establishment has ignored their demands and written them off. The DCCC’s new policy stifles the next generation of Democratic leaders and limits the party’s ability to represent the people it claims to serve. NextGen America stands with the College Democrats — the DCCC should revoke this backwards policy once and for all.”