Democrat Race Narrows to Dean, 3 Others
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Former Texas Rep. Martin Frost dropped out of the race for Democratic national chairman on Tuesday after failing to win the backing of organized labor, winnowing the field to front-runner Howard Dean and three challengers.
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Howard Dean, with an eye on leading the Democratic Party in the wake of widespread election losses, said Wednesday that Democrats must campaign on their convictions and not give into the temptation to behave like Republicans.
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President Bush's lead over  Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry has narrowed since their  debate with four polls released on Monday showing the race tied  or slightly favoring the incumbent.
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Sen. John Kerry and the Democratic Party are limiting television advertising to just 14 states as the fall campaign opens, curbing their ambitions for a broader playing field against President Bush. The shift reduces Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and four Southern states to second-tier status.
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The Democratic presidential race has developed a different and welcome dynamic -- a sharp competition among the leading candidates to become champions of urban America.
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On Feb. 9, three states and one territory hold Democratic contests with 161 delegates at stake. Three states hold Republican contests with 74 delegates up for grabs.
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Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean called for another election in the race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris, saying the declared Republican winner should not be sworn in until election questions are sorted out.
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Although five Democrats filed to run in the Sept. 5 primary for FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs open governorÃ¢ÂÂs seat, the contest has come down to a two-man battle between 11th District Rep. Jim Davis and state Sen. Rod Smith.
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Howard Dean has stayed oddly quiet lately while intraparty squabbling over the Democratsâ primary calendar escalates. What gives?
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Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean called for another election in the race to replace Rep. Katherine Harris, saying the declared Republican winner should not be swore in until election questions are sorted out.
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Former Democratic presidential  contender Howard Dean, whose high-flying White House bid  crashed a year ago, is poised to win the post of party chairman  and tackle the job of leading Democrats back from November's  election losses.
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The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is under way. And the outcome of this battle will likely not be determined by any one of the rising number of candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination, but rather by the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill.
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State party leaders gave their backing Monday to Howard Dean in his bid to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee, putting the former presidential candidate in a strong position to win the election in about two weeks.
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The battle for the White House narrowed dramatically on Wednesday as the exit of Rudolph Giuliani and John Edwards left Republican and Democratic front-runners in a pair of two-horse races.
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Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday's contests was still too close to call.
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Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor whose appeal with minorities was questioned during his presidential race, won support Tuesday from several key black Democratic National Committee members for his bid to be DNC chairman.
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After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status. And the task is daunting, many Democratic consultants and leaders agree.