New Democrat Coalition
The New Democrat Coalition (NDC) is an alliance of politically moderate members of the Democratic Party in the United States . In the House of Representatives , this group is organized as one of three large intra-party coalitions, alongside the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition . On January 1, 2015, it comprised 46 members of the US Congress. In December 2016, Jim Himes (Connecticut) became chairman of the NDC.
Ron Kind is (as of January 2017) Chairman of the NDC.
The New Democrats and how they see themselves
The coalition was formed in 1997 as an alliance of congressmen affiliated with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council . From January 1993 to January 2001 Bill Clinton was US President; he was close to the NDC.
The New Democrat Coalition consists of moderate and centrist Democratic Congressmen. Politically, it is considered to be the middle of the Democratic Party between the rather conservative Blue Dog Coalition and the liberal-progressive Congressional Progressive Caucus .
Members (as of 2009)
- Bobby Bright ( AL - 2nd District )
- Artur Davis (AL-7)
- Harry Mitchell ( AZ -5)
- Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8)
- Vic Snyder ( AR -2)
- Lois Capps ( CA -23)
- Adam Schiff (CA-29)
- Jane Harman (CA-36)
- Laura Richardson (CA-37)
- Loretta Sanchez (CA-47)
- Susan Davis (CA-53)
- Diana DeGette ( CO -1)
- Jared Polis (CO-2)
- Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
- John Larson ( CT -1)
- Joe Courtney (CT-2)
- Jim Himes (CT-4)
- Chris Murphy (CT-5)
- Kendrick Meek ( FL -17)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
- Ron Klein (FL-22)
- Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
- John Jenkins Barrow ( GA -12)
- David Scott (GA-13)
- Melissa Bean ( IL- 8), Vice Chair
- Debbie Halvorson (IL-11)
- Bill Foster (IL-14)
- André Carson ( IN -7)
- Dennis Moore ( KS -3)
- Charlie Melancon ( LA -3)
- Frank Kratovil ( MD -1)
- Mark Schauer ( MI -7)
- Gary Peters (MI-9)
- Russ Carnahan ( MO -3)
- Shelley Berkley ( NV -1)
- John Adler ( NJ -3)
- Rush D. Holt (NJ-12)
- Martin Heinrich ( NM -1)
- Steve Israel ( NY -2)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
- Gregory Meeks (NY-6)
- Joseph Crowley (NY-7), chairman
- Michael McMahon (NY-13)
- Eliot L. Engel (NY-17)
- Scott Murphy (NY-20)
- Mike Arcuri (NY-24)
- Dan Maffei (NY-25)
- Brian Higgins (NY-27)
- Bob Etheridge ( NC -2), founding member
- Mike McIntyre (NC-7), founding member
- Charlie Wilson ( OH -6)
- John Boccieri (OH-16)
- David Wu ( OR -1)
- Kurt Schrader (OR-5)
- Jason Altmire ( PA -4)
- Joe Sestak (PA-7)
- Patrick Murphy (PA-8)
- Chris Carney (PA-10)
- Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), vice chairman
- Charlie Gonzalez ( TX -20)
- Jim Moran ( VA -8), founding member
- Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
- Jay Inslee ( WA -1)
- Rick Larsen (WA-2)
- Brian Baird (WA-3)
- Adam Smith (WA-9), Vice Chairman, Founding Member
- Ron Kind ( WI -3), chairman, founding member