Carville calls for David Hogg to takeover at DNC

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Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville this week called for former Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg to take over the party leadership amid frustrations with DNC Chairman Ken Martin.

Martin has faced scrutiny over the national party's poor fundraising, which comes in contrast to the success of individual candidates. Recent reporting has indicated the strain of the fundraising failures has also taken its toll on him personally, resulting in erratic behavior.

Carville, for his part, called the party "dysfunctional" and indicated that he was open to Hogg taking over leadership.

“If David Hogg wants to take it over, I ain’t stopping you,” he said, according to The Hill. “Go ahead, man, I don’t really care. And I don’t think, at the end of the day, well, they might be fine people. I know some of them are not particularly determined.”

Hogg previously served as Martin's vice chair, but lost his position after the party rules committee found that his election violated diversity rules. He had previously feuded with Martin over strategy and faced scrutiny over his lingering relationship with an outside group that worked to target incumbent lawmakers.