Democratic Governors Association

The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington, D.C. based 527 organization. It started  in 1983. Members are U.S. state and territorial governors who are also members of the 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 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
 DGA Official Website

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.