Youth gun control activist David Hogg announced that he would not seek to retain his position as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee after he was removed from office over diversity mandates.
Democratic Party officials decided last week that the elections for the two most recent vice chair positions, the other of which was won by Pennsylvania Democratic State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, were conducted without respect to sex-based diversity targets.
“The DNC will immediately move to administer new ballots for the final two vice chair positions, one of which must be held by a male and one of which may be held by a candidate of any gender,” DNC Deputy Press Secretary Nina Raneses said in a statement.
Hogg, who is twenty-five years old, announced that he would not seek reelection, meaning that Kenyatta would become the sole candidate for the male vice chair position.
Beyond the dispute about diversity quotas, the development comes after Hogg feuded with Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin, who took issue with Hogg working to primary incumbent Democrats perceived as insufficiently opposing President Donald Trump.
“I came into this role to play a positive role in creating the change our party needs,” Hogg told the media. “Ultimately, I have decided to not run in this upcoming election so the party can focus on what really matters.”