What is Democratic Governors Association?
[[File:Abschiedsbesuch des amerikanischen Botschafters Philip D. Murphy im Kölner Rathaus-0730.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The current Leader of the DGA is [[Phil Murphy]] of [[New Jersey]] since 2019]] The '''Democratic Governors Association''' ('''DGA''') is a [[Washington, D.C.]] based 527 organization. It started in 1983. Members are [[United States|U.S. state]] and territorial governors who are also members of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. The mission of the organization is to create party support to the election and re-election of Democratic governors. There is a similar [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] organization called the [[Republican Governors Association]]. The DGA is not directly connected with the non-partisan [[National Governors Association]]. 42nd [[President of the United States]], [[Bill Clinton]], was leader of the DGA in 1988. The current leader of the association is [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Phil Murphy]] since 2019. These people have been leaders of the DGA: [[John Connally]], [[Zell Miller]], [[Marvin Mandel]], [[Dale Bumpers]], [[Wendell H. Ford]], [[Wendell Anderson]], [[Reubin Askew]], [[Philip W. Noel]], [[Patrick Lucey]], [[Brendan Byrne]], [[Jim Hunt]], [[Jerry Brown]], [[Richard Riley]], [[Dick Celeste]], [[Michael Dukakis]], [[Evan Bayh]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Tom Vilsack]], [[Bill Richardson]], [[Kathleen Sebelius]], [[Dannel Malloy]], and [[Jay Inslee]]. ==Also see== * [[Republican Governors Association]] ==Other websites== * [http://www.democraticgovernors.org/ DGA Official Website] {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Democratic Party (United States)]] [[Category:1983 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Political organizations based in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:1980s establishments in Washington, D.C.]]