Editing Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (section)

== History ==
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The DCCC was created in 1866 as the '''Democratic National Congressional Committee'''. Due to the [[Campaign finance reform in the United States|reform of campaign finance]] legislation in 2004, the DCCC divides its activities among two organizations prior to Election Day:

# One organization (the "Coordinated" campaign) continues to work on congressional campaigns, offering relevant campaign advice.
# The other organization (the "Independent Expenditure" campaign), makes independent expenditures in congressional districts on behalf of the campaigns but is not allowed to coordinate activities with the campaigns.

In recent elections, the DCCC has played an expansive role in supporting Democratic candidates with independently produced television ads and mail pieces.

[[Rahm Emanuel]] assumed the position of DCCC committee chair after the death of the previous chair, [[Bob Matsui]], at the end of the 2004 election cycle. Emanuel led the Democratic Party's successful effort to capture the majority in the House of Representatives in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2006|2006 elections]]. After Emanuel's election as chair of the [[Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus]], [[Chris Van Hollen]] became committee chair for the [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]] and the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2008|2008 elections]]. He continued through the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2010|2010 elections]]. [[Steve Israel]] served as chair for the 2012 and 2014 election cycles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-05 |title=Rep. Steve Israel, member of Democratic leadership, retiring |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/rep-steve-israel-member-of-democratic-leadership-retiring-217376 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221163809/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/rep-steve-israel-member-of-democratic-leadership-retiring-217376 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the 2016 election cycle, Democratic Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] appointed congressman [[Ben Ray Luján]] to serve as the committee's chair. Luján was selected to serve again for the 2018 election cycle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-30 |title=Luján remains DCCC chair, Pelosi still Minority Leader - NM Political Report |url=https://nmpoliticalreport.com/quick-reads/lujan-remains-dccc-chair-pelosi-still-minority-leader/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103192043/https://nmpoliticalreport.com/quick-reads/lujan-remains-dccc-chair-pelosi-still-minority-leader/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

For the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, DCCC chairs were elected by the caucus, rather than selected by the party leader.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pathé |first=Simone |date=2018-11-29 |title=Cheri Bustos Elected DCCC Chair |url=https://rollcall.com/2018/11/29/cheri-bustos-elected-dccc-chair/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Roll Call |language=en-US |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411062506/https://rollcall.com/2018/11/29/cheri-bustos-elected-dccc-chair/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Alex |date=2020-12-03 |title=House Democrats elect Sean Patrick Maloney as DCCC chairman {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/sean-patrick-maloney-dccc-chair-elected/index.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225135612/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/sean-patrick-maloney-dccc-chair-elected/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the 2022 election cycle, the Democratic caucus voted to return to having the position be appointed by the leader.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Jeffries faces decision as House Dems' next campaign chair still a mystery |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/12/democrats-2024-campaign-chair-00073360 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103190539/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/12/democrats-2024-campaign-chair-00073360 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2022, workers at the DCCC announced they were forming a union affiliated with the Teamsters. Their union was immediately voluntarily recognized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=House Democrats' campaign arm forms largest union in Democratic Party |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-campaign-arm-forms-largest-union-democratic-party-rcna28049 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508201130/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-campaign-arm-forms-largest-union-democratic-party-rcna28049 |url-status=live }}</ref>