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Young Democrat Sunjay Muralitharan is a champion for generational leadership
Muralitharan had faced many challenges including stepping into the College Democrats’ national leadership at a time when the organization had garnered a reputation for dysfunction and controversy.
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Ishani Duttagupta - Thu, 14, May 2026
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Even before former US Congressman Eric Swalwell withdrew from the California gubernatorial race, his campaign coordinator, Sunjay Muralitharan, had resigned and distanced himself.
In a strong statement, Muralitharan, the most recent outgoing president of the College Democrats of America, said about his departure: “I joined the Swalwell campaign to help elect a principled leader who would fight for the next generation. He had been my Congressman since I was in elementary school, and I believed—as many prominent Democrats did—that he was a man of character. These allegations, however, made it clear he is not.”
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Muralitharan added that he has always stood with survivors and firmly believes that sexual assault has no place in public office, let alone the governor’s mansion. “Consequently, I resigned promptly and publicly called for him to drop out of the race and resign from Congress.
As young Democrats, it is our responsibility to build a party rooted in dignity and respect; that requires opposing perpetrators, no matter how powerful they may be,” he said in an interview.
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