Gina Lawson

Chair Gina Lawson is an American journalist, commentator, attorney and politician who is currently the Chair of the Democratic National Committee. She is also the former Second Lady of Georgia as the former wife of Gregory Lawson, the former Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Formerly a member of the Republican Party until 2008, Lawson is currently a member of the Democratic Party, she served as Deputy Campaign Manager for Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Campaign. Lawson is also the former Campaign Manager for former US Representative & Secretary of Education under the Harris Administration, Lina Ferraro's 2024 Presidential Campaign, Ferraro got 252 electoral college votes, and 75 Million votes, the most of any losing candidate ever. Her opponent Donald Trump got 77 Million votes and won 286 electoral college votes. Lawson was a keynote speaker at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. After the 2024 election Lawson announced her intention to run for Chair of the Democratic National Committee. In the 2025 election for Chair, she won in a landslide against the former Governor of Maine, Lisa Merkov, who was very unpopular amongst mainstream democratics due to her right-leaning policies.