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 (DSA) who have held elected office in the United States. DSA is a political non-profit organization, not a political party.

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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

United States House of Representatives

Current
Name StateDistrictTenure
Danny K. Davis[4][5]  Illinois IL-7 since 1997
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[6]  New York NY-14 since 2019
Jan Schakowsky[7]  Illinois IL-9 since 1999
Rashida Tlaib[6]  Michigan MI-13 since 2019

Former
Name StateDistrictTenure
John Conyers[8]  Michigan MI-1, MI-14, MI-13 1965–2017
Ron Dellums[9]  California CA-9 1971–1998
Major Owens[10]  New York NY-12, NY-11 1983-2007

State officials

Upper houses

Current
Name StateChamberDistrictTenure
Julie Gonzales[11]  Colorado Senate 34th since 2019
Julia Salazar[6]  New York State Senate 18th since 2019
Sam Bell[6]  Rhode Island State Senate 5th since 2019

Former
Name StateChamberDistrictTenure
Constance N. Johnson[12]  Oklahoma Senate 48th 2005–14

Lower houses

Current
Name StateHouseDistrictTenure
Edwin Vargas[13]  Connecticut House of Representatives 6th since 2013
Amy Perruso[6]  Hawaii House of Representatives 46th since 2018
Michael Sylvester[6]  Maine House of Representatives 39th since 2016
Gabriel Acevero[6]  Maryland House of Delegates 39th since 2019
Vaughn Stewart[6]  Maryland House of Delegates 19th since 2019
Mike Connolly[14]  Massachusetts House of Representatives 26th since 2017
Jade Bahr[6]  Montana House of Representatives 50th since 2019
Mark King[15]  New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 33th since 2016
Timothy Smith[15]  New Hampshire House of Representatives Hillsborough 17th since 2012
Ruth Buffalo[16] [17]  North Dakota House of Representatives 27th since 2019
Elizabeth Fiedler[6]  Pennsylvania House of Representatives 184th since 2019
Summer Lee[6]  Pennsylvania House of Representatives 34th since 2019
Sara Innamorato[6]  Pennsylvania House of Representatives 21st since 2019
Brian Cina[18]  Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 since 2016
Lee J. Carter[1][19]  Virginia House of Delegates 50th since 2018
Melanie Morgan[20]  Washington House of Representatives 29th-Position 1 since 2019

Former
NameState HouseDistrictTenure
Harlan Baker[21]  Maine House of Representatives 1979–88
Perry Bullard[22]  Michigan House of Representatives 53rd 1973–92
Niilo Koponen[23][24]  Alaska House of Representatives 1982-92
Babette Josephs[22]  Pennsylvania House of Representatives 182nd 1985–2012
Tom Gallagher[22]  Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Suffolk district 1980–86
Kaniela Ing[25]  Hawaii House of Representatives 11th 2012–18
Isaac Robinson[26]  Michigan House of Representatives 4th 2019–20

Municipal officials

Current
NameMunicipality State PositionDistrictTenure
Juan Marcano[19][27] Aurora  Colorado City Council 4th since 2020
Gregorio Casar[28] Austin  Texas City Council 4th since 2015
Denise Joy[19] Billings  Montana City Council 3rd since 2018
Junie Joseph[19][29] Boulder  Colorado City Council At-large since 2019
Zoraya Hightower[30] Burlington  Vermont City Council 1st since 2020
Max Tracy[31] Burlington  Vermont City Council 2nd since 2014
Jane Stromberg[32] Burlington  Vermont City Council 8th since 2020
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler[19][33] Cambridge  Massachusetts City Council At-large since 2020
Michael Payne[19][34] Charlottesville  Virginia City Council At-large since 2019
Daniel La Spata[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 1st since 2019
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 35th since 2015
Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 33rd since 2019
Byron Sigcho-Lopez[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 25th since 2019
Jeanette Taylor[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 20th since 2019
Andre Vasquez[35] Chicago  Illinois City Council 40th since 2019
Candi CdeBaca[36] Denver  Colorado City Council 9th since 2019
Joel Sipress[19] Duluth  Minnesota City Council 2nd since 2014
Seema Singh[19] Knoxville  Tennessee City Council 3rd since 2018
Amelia Parker[19][29] Knoxville  Tennessee City Council At-large Seat C since 2019
Brandon Betz[19][37] Lansing  Michigan City Council 1st since 2019
Max Prestigiacomo[38] Madison  Wisconsin Common Council 8th since 2020
Zac Bears[19][39] Medford  Massachusetts City Council At-large since 2020
Darnell Ford[19] Middletown  Connecticut Common Council At-large since 2019
Carlina Rivera[40] New York City  New York City Council 2nd since 2018
Ross Grooters[19] Pleasant Hill  Iowa City Council At-large since 2018
Rachel Miller[6] Providence  Rhode Island City Council Ward 13 since 2019
Diana Reddy[6] Redwood City  California City Council 6th since 2019
Eduardo Martinez[6] Richmond  California City Council 3rd since 2015
Katie Valenzuela[41] Sacramento  California City Council 4th since 2020
Nelsie Yang[19][29] Saint Paul  Minnesota City Council 6th since 2020
Monica Montgomery[6] San Diego  California San Diego City Council District 6 since 2019
Dean Preston[19][42][43] San Francisco  California Board of Supervisors 5th since 2019
Drew Glover[6] Santa Cruz  California City Council At-large since 2019
Justin Cummings[6] Santa Cruz  California City Council At-large since 2019
Jefferson Thomas Scott[19] Somerville  Massachusetts City Council 2nd since 2018
Ben Ewen-Campen[19] Somerville  Massachusetts City Council 3rd since 2018
Khalid Kamau[44] South Fulton  Georgia City Council 6th since 2017
Sofia Rubalcava[6] Ventura  California City Council 1st since 2019
Lorrie Brown[6] Ventura  California City Council 6th since 2019
Gina Morgenstein[19][45] Wallingford  Connecticut Town Council At-large since 2017
Mike McDermott[19][46] Westland  Michigan City Council 16th since 2019
James Blanco[19] West Lafayette  Indiana City Council At-large since 2020

Former
NameMunicipality State PositionTenure
Larry Agran[22] Irvine  California Mayor & City Council 1982–2014
Jovanka Beckles[47] Richmond  California City Council 2010–18
Harry Britt[22] San Francisco  California Board of Supervisors 1979–93
Hilda Mason[22] Washington, D.C.  District of Columbia Council 1977–99
Gayle McLaughlin[48] Richmond  California Mayor & City Council 2005–17
Benjamin Nichols[49] Ithaca  New York Mayor 1989–95
James Scheibel[22] Saint Paul  Minnesota Mayor 1990–94
David Scondras[22] Boston  Massachusetts City Council 1984–93

County Government

Current
NameLocal Government Authority State PositionTenure
Marc Elrich[50] Montgomery County, Maryland  Maryland County Executive since 2018

See also

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