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American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has announced her departure from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), ending a 23-year tenure that included long-standing involvement in the party’s internal leadership.

Weingarten, who has led the second-largest teachers’ union in the United States since 2008, formally notified DNC officials of her resignation in a letter dated June 5.

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In her message to DNC Vice Chair Ken Martin, she expressed concern over the party’s current leadership direction and growing disagreements about its strategic priorities.

“While I am proud to be a Democrat, I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging, and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more and more of our communities,” Weingarten wrote.

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Her resignation comes shortly after the ouster of former DNC vice chair David Hogg.

Hogg, a gun control activist and survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, had reportedly been planning to spend millions of dollars on primary challenges against incumbent Democrats he described as “ineffective.”

The DNC voted to remove Hogg in May, prompting backlash from progressive circles.

Weingarten had defended Hogg’s role in the committee and criticized the decision to remove him.

According to a spokesperson, “Randi has gotten applause from the members when she told them, much to her dismay as a proud Dem,” referring to her support for broader representation and intra-party engagement.

Weingarten declined an offer to continue as an at-large member of the DNC, a position that would have allowed her to remain involved despite her concerns.

In addition to her recent leadership role, she had been a delegate to every Democratic National Convention since 1992 and served on the DNC’s influential Rules and Bylaws Committee since 2009.

Despite leaving the DNC, Weingarten indicated that her union, the AFT, will remain politically active in national elections, particularly in the 2025 and 2026 cycles.

“As always, the AFT will continue to be a leader in electing pro-public education, pro-working family candidates and will be especially engaged in the 2025-26 elections,” she stated.

Weingarten’s exit highlights growing tensions within the Democratic Party between traditional labor-aligned leadership and a rising faction of progressive activists.

While she did not mention specific policy disagreements in her resignation letter, her references to the need for broader engagement and a larger party “tent” suggest dissatisfaction with the current direction of party leadership under Chair Jaime Harrison and other senior officials.

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