17 Facts About Malcolm Kenyatta

Malcolm Kenyatta serves as the Pennsylvania state representative for the 181st district.

Malcolm Kenyatta was the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania Auditor General in the 2024 election, and in 2025 was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Malcolm Kenyatta completed a Harvard Kennedy School of Government three-week executive education program, Senior Executives in State and Local Government, as a David Bohnett Fellow in 2019.

Malcolm Kenyatta has been engaged in community affairs and politics since he was eleven years old, serving as the junior block captain with the Philadelphia Streets program.

Malcolm Kenyatta backed Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and has been critical of Bernie Sanders.

Malcolm Kenyatta was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Malcolm Kenyatta was one of 20 electors selected by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party to vote in the Electoral College for Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in 2020 United States presidential election.

In December 2017, Malcolm Kenyatta announced his campaign for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to replace the long-serving incumbent Curtis Thomas.

On February 18,2021, Malcolm Kenyatta announced his bid for the United States Senate in the 2022 Democratic primary.

On March 8,2023, Malcolm Kenyatta announced his candidacy to be Pennsylvania's Auditor General.

Malcolm Kenyatta was the first Democrat to announce a bid to challenge the incumbent Auditor General, Timothy DeFoor.

Malcolm Kenyatta defeated Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley in the Democratic primary election.

Malcolm Kenyatta was defeated by DeFoor in the general election.

On February 1,2025, Malcolm Kenyatta was elected as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, alongside gun control activist David Hogg, voting rights advocate Reyna Walters Morgan, and Nevada Democratic leader Artie Blanco.

Malcolm Kenyatta has multiple award-winning documentaries focused around him such as "Going Forward" in 2018 and "Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn" in 2023 both directed by Timothy Harris.

Malcolm Kenyatta was the subject of an award-winning documentary, Going Forward, which followed his 2018 victory.

In 2020, Malcolm Kenyatta was named an OUT 100 Honoree by OUT Magazine, their annual list of the most "impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people".