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By Jonathan Weisman and Jonathan Weisman,SUN NATIONAL STAFF | September 26, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidates Al Gore and Bill Bradley appeared together for the first time in Campaign 2000 yesterday, with Bradley seeking to assure the Democratic National Committee that he did not intend to tear the party apart, while Gore tried to reassure his nervous supporters that he could be elected president.They both appeared to succeed.Hundreds of Democratic Party leaders and activists gathered in Washington last week, clearly worried about Texas Gov. George W. Bush's double-digit leads in the polls and anxiously eyeing the surge of support for Bradley, a former New Jersey senator.
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By Andrew A. Green | September 23, 2005
State House Speaker Michael E. Busch, an Annapolis Democrat and one of several legislators being targeted for defeat by the Republican Party, is asking party leaders to raise money to help vulnerable incumbents and the party's newcomers. Busch has asked House committee chairmen to raise money for a campaign committee known as a slate - a type of multicandidate account used for years by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, and more recently by General Assembly Republicans looking to make gains.
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By Paul West and Paul West,Washington Bureau of The Sun | March 24, 1991
WASHINGTON -- There isn't a Democratic presidential candidate in sight, but party leaders are already putting the finishing touches on their next nominee's portrait.Finding someone who resembles that vision could be difficult, however.Interviews with party officials and remarks by speakers at the Democratic National Committee's spring meeting, which ended yesterday, suggest that the Democrats, once again, have sharply conflicting ideas about who should head their national ticket and what its message should be.The Democratic dilemma could be compounded in 1992 if President Bush's extraordinary popularity holds up.With postwar polls showing American voters identifying with the Republican Party in record proportions, Democrats are more nervous than ever about protecting their majorities in the House and Senate and at the state and local level in next year's elections.
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By John Fairhall and John Fairhall,Evening Sun Staff | July 16, 1991
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Committee has rejected the Maryland Democratic Party's plan for selecting delegates to the presidential nominating convention, forcing state party leaders to develop an acceptable alternative or risk losing delegates.Maryland's plan did not meet a new DNC requirement that delegates to the nominating convention be awarded to presidential candidates based on the candidates' popular vote totals in the March 3 primary.Maryland's plan instead rested on direct election of delegates, each committed to a particular presidential candidate.
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By Dallas Morning News | June 14, 1991
Democratic Party leaders, fund-raisers and potential candidates are gathering privately at the sprawling Virginia country estate of fund-raiser Pamela Harriman to plot next year's presidential campaign.The two-day meeting is one of several planned for party leaders, who are trying to increase the Democratic National Committee's role in presidential elections."Democrats need to start focusing on the general election before the convention," Democratic National Chairman Ron Brown said.Usually we wait until after the convention is over and then scratch our heads and say, 'Wow, we've got a general election campaign, and we've got to have it together in the next 30 days,'" he said.
NEWS
March 5, 2000
FOR 317,000 Marylanders who opted against registering as a Democrat or a Republican, primary elections are generally lonely affairs. But not this year. For the first time, registered Maryland independents can vote in Tuesday's Republican presidential election. That's a significant development in a year in which Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Texas Gov. George W. Bush are waging a heated campaign for the nomination. Independents played key roles in New Hampshire and Michigan; they have the chance to do so in Maryland -- if they vote.