Weekly Democratic Address

The Weekly Democratic Address was delivered by a different prominent Democrat each week, in response to the weekly address of the president of the United States during a Republican presidency. When a Democrat has held the presidency, the President delivers the weekly address, such as occurred during 2009–2017 under Barack Obama.

George W. Bush

2001 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Republican President George W. Bush was inaugurated on January 20. While Democrats held a majority in the Senate until Inauguration Day, Republicans received a majority of seats in both the House and Senate following the inauguration.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 27	Richard Gephardt	Missouri	House	House Democratic Leader	[1]
February 3	Thomas Daschle	South Dakota	Senate	Senate Democratic Leader	[2]
February 10	Kent Conrad	North Dakota	Senate		[3]
February 17	Charles Rangel	New York	House		[4]
February 24	Thomas Vilsack	Iowa	Governor		[5]
March 3	John Spratt	South Carolina	House	Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee	[6]
March 17	Bob Menendez	New Jersey	House		[7]
March 24	Russell Feingold	Wisconsin	Senate		[8]
March 31	Gary Locke	Washington	Governor		[9]
April 8	Jeff Bingaman and Jay Inslee	New Mexico (Bingaman) and Washington (Inslee)	Senate (Bingaman) and House (Inslee)	First Weekly Address that is spoken by more than one person	[10]
April 21	David Bonior	Michigan	House		[11]
April 28	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate		[12]
May 5	Terry McAuliffe	Virginia	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[13]
May 12	Nita Lowey	New York	House		[14]
May 19	Gray Davis	California	Governor		[15]
June 2	Anna Eshoo	California	House		[16]
June 9	John Edwards	North Carolina	Senate		[17]
June 16	Richard Gephardt	Missouri	House	House Democratic Leader	[18]
June 23	Thomas Harkin	Iowa	Senate		[19]
July 7	John Dingell	Michigan	House		[20]
July 14	Tim Johnson	South Dakota	Senate		[21]
July 21	James Turner	Texas	House		[22]
July 28	Jean Carnahan	Missouri	Senate		[23]
August 4	Terry McAuliffe	Virginia	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[24]
August 18	Paul Wellstone	Minnesota	Senate		[25]
August 25	John Spratt	South Carolina	House		[26]
September 1	Mary Landrieu	Louisiana	Senate		[27]
September 8	Ed Pastor	Arizona	House		[28]
September 16	Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer	New York (Both)	Senate	First Weekly Address since the September 11 Attacks	[29]
September 29	James Hahn	California	Mayor	Mayor of Los Angeles	[30]
October 6	Martin Frost	Texas	House		[31]
October 13	Thomas Daschle	South Dakota	Senate	Senate Democratic Leader	[32]
October 20	Nancy Pelosi	California	House		[33]
October 28	Thomas Daschle	South Dakota	Senate		[34]
November 3	Mark Green	New York	Former Commissioner and Democratic mayoral candidate	Democratic candidate for the 2001 New York City mayoral election. Later lost to Michael Bloomberg	[35]
November 10	Shelley Berkley	Nevada	House		[36]
November 17	Jean Carnahan	Missouri	Senate		[37]
November 24	Juanita McDonald	California	House		[38]
December 1	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate		[39]
December 15	Thomas Daschle	South Dakota	Senate	Senate Democratic Leader	[40]
December 29	David Bonior	Michigan	House		[41]

2002 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 6	Byron L. Dorgan	North Dakota	Senate		[42]
January 12	Michael Ross	Arkansas	House		[43]
January 19	Terry McAuliffe	Virginia	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[44]
January 26	Byron L. Dorgan	North Dakota	Senate		[45]
February 24	Jim Matheson	Utah	House		[46]
March 2	Jay Rockefeller	West Virginia	Senate		[47]
March 9	Edward J. O'Brien	Pennsylvania	House candidate	Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Later lost to incumbent Representative Pat Toomey.	[48]
March 17	Tim Johnson	South Dakota	Senate		[49]
March 24	Antonio Villaraigosa	California	Speaker Emeritus	Former Speaker of the California Assembly	[50]
March 30	Robert Matsui	California	House		[51]
April 6	Edward Kennedy	Massachusetts	Senate		[52]
April 13	John Conyers	Michigan	House		[53]
May 4	Shelley Berkley	Nevada	House		[54]
June 1	Bill Bradbury	Oregon	Oregon Secretary of State and Senate candidate	Was running for Senate in Oregon. Later lost the election to incumbent Republican Senator Gordon H. Smith.	[55]
June 8	Richard Gephardt	Missouri	House		[56]
June 15	Bob Graham and Zell Miller	Florida (Graham) and Georgia (Miller)	Senate (Both)		[57]
June 22	John Dingell	Michigan	House		[58]
June 29	Paul Sarbanes	Maryland	Senate		[59]
July 13	David Phelps	Illinois	House		[60]
July 20	Paul Wellstone	Minnesota	Senate		[61]
July 27	Rosa DeLauro	Connecticut	House		[62]
August 24	Chellie Pingree	Maine	Senate candidate	Later lost to incumbent Senator Susan Collins	[63]
December 8	Maria Cantwell	Washington State	Senate		[64]
December 14	Bob Menendez	New Jersey	House		[65]
December 20	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate		[66]
December 28	Hillary Clinton	New York	Senate		[67]

2003 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
April 19	Elijah Cummings	Maryland	House
April 26	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Ohio	House
May 24	Tom Daschle	South Dakota	Senate
July 26	Tom Daschle	South Dakota	Senate
August 2	Mark Warner	Virginia	Governor
August 9	Charles Stenholm	Texas	House
August 16	Artur Davis	Alabama	House
August 23	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate
August 31	Sherrod Brown	Ohio	House
September 6	Gray Davis	California	Governor
September 13	Jane Harman	California	House
September 20	Leticia Van de Putte	Texas	State Senator
September 27	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate
October 4	Tim Holden	Pennsylvania	Governor
October 11	Baron Hill	Indiana	House
October 18	Douglas H. Palmer	New Jersey	Mayor of Trenton
October 25	Patrick Leahy	Vermont	Senate
November 1	Ronnie Musgrove	Mississippi	Governor
November 8	Chet Edwards	Texas	House
November 15	Barbara Boxer	California	Senate
November 22	Richard Perkins	Nevada	State Representative
November 28	John Tanner	Tennessee	House
December 6	Darlene Hooley	Oregon	House
December 13	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
December 20	Barbara Mikulski	Maryland	Senate
December 27	Tom Vilsack	Iowa	Governor

2004 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 3	Tim Bishop	New York	House
January 10	Jim Doyle	Wisconsin	Governor
January 17	Michael Michaud	Maine	House
January 31	Brad Miller	North Carolina	House
February 7	Kwame Kilpatrick	Michigan	Mayor of Detroit
February 14	Tom Vilsack	Iowa	Governor
February 21	Janet Napolitano	Arizona	Governor
March 6	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
March 13	Ted Kennedy	Massachusetts	Senate
March 20	Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	Governor
March 27	Nancy Pelosi	California	House
April 3	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
April 10	Carl Levin	Michigan	Senate
April 17	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
April 24	Mark Udall	Colorado	House
May 1	Paul Rieckhoff	Washington, D.C.	writer
May 8	Wesley Clark	Washington, D.C.	General of the United States Army
May 15	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
May 22	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
May 29	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
June 12	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
June 19	Nick Lampson	Texas	House
June 26	Barack Obama	Illinois	State Senator
July 3	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
July 10	John Edwards	North Carolina	Senate
July 17	Jan Schakowsky	Illinois	Senate
July 24	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
July 31	Merrill McPeak	Washington, D.C.	Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
August 14	Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate
August 21	John Edwards	North Carolina	Senate
August 28	Earl Pomeroy	North Dakota	House
September 4	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
September 18	Betty Castor	Florida	Senate candidate
October 2	John Edwards	North Carolina	Senate
October 9	Steny Hoyer	Maryland	House
October 16	John Edwards	North Carolina	Senate
October 23	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
October 30	John Kerry	Massachusetts	Senate
November 6	Nancy Pelosi	California	House
November 13	Chet Edwards	Texas	House
November 20	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
November 27	Tom Vilsack	Iowa	Governor
December 4	Bob Menendez	New Jersey	House
December 11	Donna Brazile	Louisiana	Democratic National Committee
December 18	Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate
December 25	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	Governor

2005 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 8	Charles Rangel	New York	House
January 15	Debbie Stabenow	Michigan	Senate
January 22	Christine Gregoire	Washington	Governor
January 29	Ike Skelton	Missouri	House
February 5	Terry McAuliffe	Virginia	Democratic National Committee
February 12	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate
February 19	John Spratt	South Carolina	House
February 25	Brian Schweitzer	Montana	Governor
March 5	Kent Conrad	North Dakota	Senate
March 12	James Roosevelt	New York	Social Security Administrator
March 19	Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	Governor
March 26	Sander Levin	Michigan	House
April 2	George Mitchell	Maine	Senate
April 9	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
April 23	Ed Markey	Massachusetts	House
April 30	Mario Cuomo	New York	Former Governor
May 7	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate
May 14	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	Governor
May 21	Kendrick Meek	Florida	Senate
May 28	Wesley Clark	Washington, D.C.	General of the United States Army
June 4	Byron Dorgan	North Dakota	Senate
June 11	Phil Bredesen	Tennessee	Governor
June 18	Bob Etheridge	North Carolina	House
June 25	Zbigniew Brzezinski	Virginia	National Security Advisor
July 2	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate
July 9	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
July 23	Larry C. Johnson	Washington, D.C.	Former analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency
July 30	Daniel Inouye	Hawaii	Senate
August 6	John Lewis	Georgia	House
August 13	John Salazar	Colorado	House
August 20	Max Cleland	Georgia	Senate
August 27	Ted Kennedy	Massachusetts	Senate
September 3	Charles Melancon	Louisiana	House
September 10	Bennie Thompson	Mississippi	House
September 17	Kathleen Blanco	Louisiana	Governor
September 24	Blanche Lincoln	Arkansas	Senate
October 1	Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate
October 8	Rosa DeLauro	Connecticut	House
October 22	Mark Pryor	Arkansas	Senate
October 29	John Dingell	Michigan	House
November 5	Barbara Mikulski	Maryland	Senate
November 19	Dennis Cardoza	California	House
November 26	Christine Gregoire	Washington	Governor
December 24	Jim Clyburn	South Carolina	House
December 31	Nancy Pelosi	California	House

2006 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 7	Louise Slaughter	New York	House
January 14	Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate
January 21	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
January 28	Henry Waxman	California	House
February 4	Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	Governor
February 11	Bob Menendez	New Jersey	Senate
February 18	Patsy Madrid	New Mexico	Attorney General of New Mexico
February 25	Jon Corzine	New Jersey	Governor
March 4	Francine Busby	California	House candidate
March 11	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee
March 18	Dianne Feinstein	California	Senate
March 25	Marion Barry	Arkansas	House
April 1	Wesley Clark	Washington, D.C.	NATO
April 8	Steny Hoyer	Maryland	House
April 15	Hilda Solis	California	House
April 22	Bill Nelson	Florida	House
April 29	Bart Stupak	Michigan	House
May 6	Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate
May 13	Ron Klein	Florida	State Senator
May 20	Mike Honda	California	House
June 3	Peter Welch	Vermont	House
June 10	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
June 17	Nancy Pelosi	California	House
June 24	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee
July 1	Jim Webb	Virginia	Senate candidate
July 8	Bruce Braley	Iowa	House
July 15	Claire McCaskill	Missouri	Senate
July 22	Diana DeGette	California	House
July 29	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	Governor
August 5	Ken Salazar	Colorado	Senate
August 26	Mary Landrieu	Louisiana	Senate
September 2	Bennie Thompson	Mississippi	House
September 16	Chris Murphy	Connecticut	House candidate
September 30	Tammy Duckworth	Illinois	House candidate
October 7	Patty Wetterling	Minnesota	House candidate
October 14	Patrick Murphy	Pennsylvania	House candidate
October 21	Diane Farrell	Connecticut	House candidate
November 4	Lois Murphy	Pennsylvania	House candidate
November 11	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee
November 18	Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate
November 25	Steny Hoyer	Maryland	House
December 2	Jim Wallis	Washington, D.C.	editor in chief of Sojourners magazine
December 9	Silvestre Reyes	Texas	House
December 16	William Perry	Pennsylvania	United States Secretary of Defense
December 23	Evan Bayh	Indiana	Senate
December 30	Jerry McNerney	California	House elect

2007 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 6	Harry Reid	Nevada	Majority Leader of the United States Senate
January 10	Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate
January 13	Tim Walz	Minnesota	Senate
January 20	Brian Schweitzer	Montana	Governor
January 27	Antonio Villaraigosa	California	Mayor of Los Angeles
February 3	Jim Clyburn	South Carolina	House
February 17	Christopher Carney	Pennsylvania	House
February 24	Richard C. Holbrooke	New York	Ambassador to the UN
March 10	Harry Mitchell	Arizona	House
March 17	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate
March 24	Paul Hodes	New Hampshire	House
March 31	Andrew Horne	Kentucky	U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Lieutenant Colonel and Attorney
April 7	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee
April 14	Rahm Emanuel	Illinois	House
April 21	Amy Klobuchar	Minnesota	Senate
April 28	William Odom	Washington, D.C.	Lieutenant General
May 5	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate
May 12	Melvyn S. Montano	New York	United States Air Force
May 19	Rosa DeLauro	Connecticut	House
May 26	Elliott Anderson	Nevada	United States Marine Corps
June 2	Ed Markey	Massachusetts	House
June 16	Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate
June 23	Chet Edwards	Texas	House
June 30	Harry Reid	Nevada	Majority Leader of the United States Senate
July 21	Carl Levin	Michigan	Senate
August 11	Ellen Tauscher	California	House
August 18	Fawn Townsend	North Carolina	waitress
August 25	Max Cleland	Georgia	Senate
September 8	Harry Reid	Nevada	Majority Leader of the United States Senate
September 15	Tom Lantos	California	House
September 22	Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	Governor
September 28	Graeme Frost	Maryland	7th-Grade Student	First Non-Politician to make an Weekly Opposition Address.
October 6	Steny Hoyer	Maryland	House
October 13	Max Baucus	Montana	Senate
October 20	Jennifer Howse	Washington, D.C.	March of Dimes President
October 27	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee
November 3	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate
November 10	Joseph Sestak	Pennsylvania	House
November 17	Robert Casey	Pennsylvania	Senate
November 24	Ricardo S. Sanchez	New Mexico	Lieutenant General
December 8	Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate
December 15	Nancy Pelosi	California	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
December 29	Kirsten Gillibrand	New York	House

2008 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Democratic nominee Barack Obama was elected president while the Democrats hold majorities in both houses. After the election, Obama gives out weekly addresses on the behalf of all Democrats.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 6	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[68]
January 20	Barney Frank	Massachusetts	House		[69]
January 26	Byron Dorgan	North Dakota	Senate		[70]
February 2	Joe Manchin	West Virginia	Governor		[71]
February 9	Charles Rangel	New York	House		[72]
February 16	Sheldon Whitehouse	Rhode Island	Senate		[73]
February 23	John Conyers	Michigan	House		[74]
March 1	Joe Donnelly	Indiana	House		[75]
March 15	Kent Conrad	North Dakota	Senate		[76]
March 22	Bob Menendez	New Jersey	Senate		[77]
March 29	Bill Foster	Illinois	House		[78]
April 5	Joe Biden	Delaware	Senate	Democratic candidate for the Democratic presidential primaries. Withdrew on January 3, 2008, but later became a running mate in Obama's campaign and, after the election, Vice President in the Obama administration.	[79]
April 12	John Yarmuth	Kentucky	House		[80]
April 19	Howard Dean	Vermont	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[81]
May 10	Debbie Stabenow	Michigan	Senate		[82]
May 17	Xavier Becerra	California	House		[83]
May 24	John Boccieri	Ohio	Senate		[84]
May 31	Barbara Boxer	California	Senate		[85]
June 7	John Spratt	South Carolina	House		[86]
June 14	Jeff Alberici	New York	Teacher	A father and Non-Politician who delivered the address as part of Fathers' Day weekend.	[87]
June 29	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	New Mexico		[88]
July 12	Chris Van Hollen	Maryland	House		[89]
July 19	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate		[90]
July 26	Jack Reed	Rhode Island	Senate		[91]
August 2	Henry Waxman	California	House		[92]
August 9	Barack Obama	Illinois	Senate and presumptive presidential candidate		[93]
August 16	Nancy Pelosi	California	House	Speaker of the House	[94]
August 31	Hillary Clinton	New York	Senate, and former Democratic presidential candidate	Lost the primaries. Later served as Secretary of State under the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013.	[95]
September 20	Barack Obama	Illinois	Senate and presidential candidate		[96]
October 4	Ted Strickland	Ohio	Governor		[97]
October 11	Joe Biden	Delaware	Senate and vice presidential candidate		[98]
October 18	Rahm Emanuel	Illinois	House		[99]
October 26	Michelle Obama	Illinois	Spouse of Barack Obama		[100]
November 1	Barack Obama	Illinois	Senate and presidential candidate		[101]
November 8	Barack Obama	Illinois	Senate and President-elect	Won the election against John McCain	[101]
November 15	Barack Obama	Illinois	Senate and President-Elect	First Weekly Democratic Address to be in a form of a Video. Obama Resigned as Senator of Illinois the next day.	[102]
November 22	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[103]
November 29	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[104]
December 6	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[105]
December 13	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[106]
December 20	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[107]
December 24	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[108]

2009 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

When Barack Obama was inaugurated as president, Democrats returned to having Weekly Addresses by the President while Republicans began the use of Weekly Responses. Democrats would later return to the Weekly Address format on January 21, 2017, with the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 3	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[109]
January 10	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect		[110]
January 17	Barack Obama	Illinois	President-Elect	Final Weekly Address as the opposition	[111]

Donald Trump

First Administration

2017 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Republican President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, and Republicans currently hold majorities in both houses of Congress. For the first time, the Democrats, as the Opposition, will begin and continue using video addresses in addition to its usual Radio Address that the Democrats made in the Bush Administration. Unlike the previous series of speeches under the Bush Administration, the majority of the speeches were rotated each week between House and Senate Democrats. The Republicans also did weekly video addresses during the Obama Administration.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 21	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate	Senate Democratic Leader. President Donald Trump did not make a Weekly Address.	[112]
January 28	Nancy Pelosi	California	House	House Democratic Leader	[113]
February 3	Ed Markey	Massachusetts	Senate		[114]
February 10	Joe Crowley	New York	House	Chairman of the Democratic Caucus	[115]
February 17	Tammy Duckworth	Illinois	Senate		[116]
February 25	Linda Sánchez	California	House	Vice Chairwoman of the House Democratic Caucus; first weekly address to be addressed in Spanish.	[117][118]
March 3	Chris Murphy	Connecticut	Senate		[119]
March 10	Cheri Bustos	Illinois	House		[120]
March 17	Jeanne Shaheen	New Hampshire	Senate and former Governor		[121]
March 25	Adam Schiff	California	House		[122]
April 1	Sheldon Whitehouse	Rhode Island	Senate	Host of over 100 community dinners	[123]
April 8	Hakeem Jeffries	New York	House	Weekly Address, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee	[124][125]
April 15	Tom Perez	Maryland	Democratic National Committee Chairman		[126]
April 21	Ben Ray Luján	New Mexico	House		[127]
April 28	Brian Schatz	Hawaii	Senate		[128]
May 5	Steny Hoyer	Maryland	House	Democratic Whip	[129]
May 13	Kirsten Gillibrand	New York	Senate		[130]
May 19	David Cicilline	Rhode Island	House		[131]
May 26	Tom Carper	Delaware	Senate and former Governor		[132]
June 2	Eric Swalwell	California	House		[133]
June 9	Ron Wyden	Oregon	Senate		[134]
June 16	James Clyburn	South Carolina	House		[135]
June 23	Mazie Hirono	Hawaii	Senate		[136]
June 30	Joe Kennedy III	Massachusetts	House		[137]
July 7	Debbie Stabenow, Michael Bennet, Martin Heinrich, Maggie Hassan, Jon Tester, Mazie Hirono, Cory Booker, Chris Van Hollen, and Tammy Baldwin	Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Montana, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maryland, and Wisconsin (respectively)	Senate	Consists of various Democratic Senators giving out their concerns over the American Health Care Act while hosting events across the country.	[138]
July 13	Bennie Thompson	Mississippi	House		[139]
July 21	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate		[140]
July 28	Betty McCollum	Minnesota	House		[141]
August 5	Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin	Senate		[142]
August 11	Cedric Richmond	Louisiana	House		[143]
August 18	Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner	Virginia (Both Senators)	Senate	The Address was in response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. President Trump did not made a Weekly Address. Senator Kaine was also Hillary Clinton's running mate for her presidential campaign whom they lost against Trump.	[144]
August 25	Jim Himes	Connecticut	House		[145]
September 1	Sherrod Brown	Ohio	Senate		[146]
September 8	Michelle Lujan Grisham	New Mexico	House		[147]
September 15	Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate		[148]
September 22	John Yarmuth	Kentucky	House		[149]
September 29	Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	Senate		[150]
October 6	John Lewis	Georgia	House		[151]
October 13	Bernie Sanders (I)	Vermont	Senate	Independent Senator who caucuses with the Democratic Senate. Also campaigned for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.	[152]
October 20	Richard Neal	Massachusetts	House		[153]
October 27	Ben Cardin	Maryland	Senate		[154]
November 3	Rosa DeLauro	Connecticut	House		[155]
November 10	Jon Tester	Montana	Senate		[156]
November 17	Suzan DelBene	Connecticut	House		[157]
November 25	Michael Bennet	Colorado	Senate		[158]
December 1	Jackie Speier	California	House		[159]
December 2	Chris Coons	Delaware	Senate		[160]
December 15	Mike Thompson	California	House		[161]
December 23	Bob Casey	Pennsylvania	Senate	The President did not release a Weekly Address; the Address gives out his concerns and reaction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.	[162]
December 30	Tim Walz	Minnesota	House	President Trump continued to not release another weekly address for the second consecutive week.	[163]

2018 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

President Trump discontinued his Weekly Addresses in August 2018, although the Democrats continued their weekly addresses since then.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 5	Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire	Senate	President Trump continued to not release another weekly address. The address concerns the opioid epidemic.	[164]
January 12	Terri Sewell	Alabama	House	President Trump continued to not release another weekly address for the second consecutive week Although he did made a Weekly Address on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.	[165]
January 19	Chris Van Hollen	Maryland	Senate	There was no Weekly Address from President Trump. This was taken before the Government Shutdown.	[166]
January 26	Adam Smith	Washington	House		[167]
February 2	Tina Smith	Minnesota	Senate		[168]
February 9	Peter DeFazio	Oregon	House		[169]
February 1	Bob Casey, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Ron Wyden	Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Oregon	Senate		[170]
February 24	Ted Deutch	Florida	House		[171]
March 2	Dianne Feinstein	California	Senate		[172]
March 9	Bill Pascrell	New Jersey	House		[173]
March 16	Jeff Merkley	Oregon	Senate		[174]
March 24	Robin Kelly	Illinois	House		[175]
March 31	Cory Booker	New Jersey	Senate		[176]
April 6	John Lewis	Georgia	House		[177]
April 13	Sheldon Whitehouse	Rhode Island	Senate		[178]
April 20	Richard Neal	Massachusetts	House		[179]
April 27	Jeanne Shaheen	New Hampshire	Senate		[180]
May 4	Katherine Clark	Massachusetts	House		[181]
May 11	Debbie Stabenow	Michigan	Senate		[182]
May 18	Marcia Fudge	Ohio	House		[183]
May 5	Ed Markey	Massachusetts	Senate		[184]
June 1	John Sarbanes	Maryland	House		[185]
June 8	Tim Kaine	Virginia	Senate		[186]
June 15	Frank Pallone	New Jersey	House		[187]
June 22	Mazie Hirono	Hawaii	Senate		[188]
June 29	Matt Cartwright	Pennsylvania	House		[189]
July 6	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate		[190]
July 13	Richard Blumenthal	Connecticut	Senate		[191]
July 20	Dan Kildee	Michigan	House		[192]
July 27	Stephanie Murphy	Florida	House		[193]
August 3	Brian Schatz	Hawaii	Senate		[194]
August 10	Bobby Scott	Virginia	House		[195]
August 17	Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin	Senate		[196]
August 24	Elijah Cummings	Maryland	House		[197]
August 31	Sherrod Brown	Ohio	Senate		[198]
September 7	Lloyd Doggett	Texas	House		[199]
September 14	Patrick Leahy	Vermont	Senate		[200]
September 21	Nydia Velázquez	New York	House		[201]
September 8	Patty Murray	Washington	Senate		[202]
October 5	Jerry Nadler	New York	House		[203]
October 12	Doug Jones	Alabama	Senate		[204]
October 19	Diana DeGette	Colorado	House		[205]
October 26	Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	Senate		[206]
November 2	Mike Doyle	Pennsylvania	House		[207]
November 9	Chris Murphy	Connecticut	Senate		[208]
November 16	Gerry Connolly	Virginia	House		[209]
November 23	Mark Warner	Virginia	Senate		[210]
November 30	Katie Hill	California	House		[211]
December 7	Ron Wyden	Oregon	Senate		[212]
December 14	Lucille Roybal-Allard	California	House		[213]
December 21	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate	Senate Democratic Leader. President Donald Trump did not make a Weekly Address as he discontinued the addresses in June. This address is a pre-recorded clip of a speech from Schumer during the Senate Session address the Government Shutdown and the criticisms of the Trump administration.	[214]
December 28	Joe Neguse	Colorado	House		[215]

2019 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

As of July 2019, President Trump has not issued a weekly address.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
January 4	Chris Van Hollen	Maryland	Senate		[216]
January 11	Scott Peters	California	House		[217]
January 18	Amy Klobuchar	New Mexico	Senate		[218]
January 25	Ted Lieu	California	House		[219]
February 1	Ben Cardin	Maryland	Senate		[220]
February 8	Barbara Lee	California	House		[221]
February 15	Patrick Leahy	Vermont	Senate		[222]
February 22	Lucy McBath	Georgia	House		[223]
March 1	Tom Udall	New Mexico	Senate		[224]
March 8	Andy Kim	New Jersey	House		[225]
March 15	Brian Schatz	Hawaii	Senate		[226]
March 22	Lauren Underwood	Illinois	House		[227]
March 29	Tina Smith	Minnesota	Senate		[228]
April 5	Colin Allred	Texas	House		[229]
April 12	Jeanne Shaheen	New Hampshire	Senate		[230]
April 19	Debbie Dingell	Michigan	House		[231]
April 26	Martin Heinrich	New Mexico	Senate		[232]
May 3	Kathy Castor	Florida	House		[233]
May 10	Jacky Rosen	Nevada	Senate		[234]
May 17	Ann McLane Kuster	New Hampshire	House		[235]
May 24	Debbie Stabenow	Michigan	Senate		[236]
May 31	Emanuel Cleaver	Missouri	House		[237]
June 7	Mark Warner	Virginia	Senate		[238]
June 14	Jan Schakowsky	Illinois	House		[239]
June 21	Richard Blumenthal	Connecticut	Senate		[240]
June 28	Zoe Lofgren	California	House		[241]
July 5	Doug Jones	Alabama	Senate		[242]
July 12	Carolyn Maloney	New York	House		[243]
July 19	Jeff Merkley	Oregon	Senate		[244]
July 26	Haley Stevens	Michigan	House		[245]
August 2	Chris Murphy	Connecticut	Senate		[246]
August 9	Jim McGovern	Massachusetts	House		[247]
August 16	Bob Casey	Pennsylvania	Senate		[248]
August 23	Dean Phillips	Minnesota	House
August 30	Sherrod Brown	Ohio	Senate
September 6	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Florida	House
September 13	Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	Senate
September 20	Joaquin Castro	Texas	House
October 4	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Delaware	House
October 11	Chuck Schumer	New York	Senate
October 18	Donna Shalala	Florida	House
October 25	Tammy Duckworth	Illinois	Senate
November 1	Eliot Engel	New York	House
November 8	Sheldon Whitehouse	Rhode Island	Senate
November 15	Veronica Escobar	Texas	House
November 22	Jon Tester	Montana	Senate
November 29	Sean Casten	Illinois	House
December 6	Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin	Senate
December 13	Kim Schrier	Washington	House
December 20	Chris Coons	Delaware	Senate
December 27	Jimmy Gomez	California	House

2020

2021

It was discontinued upon Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Second Administration

2025

After Donald Trump was inagurated for a second non-consecutive term on January 20 and the Republican Party holding majorities on both houses of Congress, the Democratic Party, as the opposition, resumed the weekly addresses. Despite returning to the rotating Senate-House Cycle to for delivering speeches, the Senate Democrats stop holding their weekly addresses after February 8, leaving only the House Democrats to hold a bi-weekly address.

Date	Speakers	State	Position	Notes	Reference(s)
February 1	George Whitesides	California	House	First Weekly Address by the Democrats as the opposition since 2021. Recorded in California in a neighborhood that was destroyed by the 2025 California wildfires and was recently sworn in to congress a month before the speech was recorded.	[249]
February 8	Tim Kaine	Virginia	Senate		[250]
February 15	Jahana Hayes	Connecticut	House		[251]
February 22	None (Address was not delivered)
March 1	Brittany Pettersen	Colorado	House	Brittany's newest son, Sam, who she recently gave birth four weeks before delivering the address, appears in the video on his mother's arms.	[252]
March 8	None (Address was not delivered)
March 15
March 22	Yassamin Ansari	Arizona	House		[253]

See also

• Weekly Republican Address - Republican counterpart during a Democratic presidency
• Weekly address of the president of the United States