Ex-Clinton Aide Ickes Backs Dean for DNC
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Harold Ickes, a leading Democratic activist and former aide to President Clinton, said Friday he is backing Howard Dean to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee &#151; giving a powerful boost to the front-runner.
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A former South Carolina governor who now runs a lobbying and consulting firm endorsed Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday, despite the Illinois senator's constant criticism of lobbyists.
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Love him or hate him, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's upstart presidential campaign left the Democratic Party two important and lasting legacies: the empowerment of younger activists and the pioneering use of the Internet for fund-raising.
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Retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark endorsed fellow Arkansan Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in her presidential bid, one of two declarations of support she received yesterday. The other came from Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton met on Sunday with New York's Democratic governor-elect to solicit his support for her likely White House bid, the latest indication she is stepping up plans to join a growing field of potential contenders for 2008.
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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean said Saturday he will not run for the White House in the next campaign cycle if he is elected to head the Democratic National Committee.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd won their first endorsements from national unions, gaining coveted support in their bids for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton replaced campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with another longtime adviser a day after losing three contests for the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama.
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Former President Bill Clinton will be back on the campaign trail Friday for a three-day trip to help get out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is considering a bid to become chairman of the national Democratic Party.
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Former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV -- perhaps better known as the husband of Valerie Plame, of CIA-leak-case fame -- threw his support behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the White House on Monday, issuing a statement through the Clinton campaign office.
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White House hopeful Hillary Clinton said on Sunday she has replaced her campaign manager with a long-time aide as she fights a tight race with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Simon Rosenberg, founder of the centrist New Democrat Network, has decided to run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, according to an aide.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed Saturday by Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general whose early criticism of the Iraq war fueled a high-profile but short-lived run for the party's nomination in 2004.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has replaced her campaign manager with a longtime adviser, Maggie Williams, the campaign announced Sunday.
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Dean's rise to party chair bolsters ties to activist networks on the left.
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Winning votes in the Midwest will be crucial to Democratic hopes to regain power in Washington in November, party Chairman Howard Dean told about 400 young people at the College Democrats National Convention on Thursday.