Democratic Party
Democrats gained 41 House seats in the 2018 midterms and won a 235-seat majority, ending unified Republican control of Congress, U.S.
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The U.S. Democratic Party is one of the country’s two major parties, combining liberals, progressives and moderates. Its federal agenda centers on social programs, abortion rights and climate policy, while donor influence and internal factional splits remain recurring tensions.
Affiliated people
Dianne Feinstein
Democratic US senator / Judiciary Committee figure
Eric Holder
Democratic attorney general under Obama
Tammy Baldwin
US Senator (D-WI)
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Barack Obama
Former Democratic Party standard-bearer / two-term US president
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
US Representative (NY-14)
Stacey Abrams
Voting rights organizer / Democratic candidate
Hakeem Jeffries
House Democratic Leader
Hillary Clinton
2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Adam Schiff
Democratic Senator / former House Intelligence Chair
Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic Governor of Michigan
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