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News Articles: Democratic Party

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Roland R. Wright International Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

The Biden administration is seeking billions in additional funding for Ukraine

The funding request for Ukraine could set up a showdown with Congress, where far-right Republicans as well as the left of the Democratic Party are skeptical of additional funding for the conflict.

August 10, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
 Republican State Rep. Mesha Mainor, formerly a Democrat, announces her new party allegiance. Party chairman John McKoon stands behind her. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

A Georgia lawmaker switched from Democratic to Republican. She lost an appointment to state council

State Rep. Mesha Mainor has endured a continuum of both hate and praise on social media and in emails since her July 11 party switch.

July 25, 2023
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
<strong>Left to right:</strong> Larry McCallum, <strong></strong>Reagan Bunch, AJ Jacobs, Trinity Locklear, Kayla Tran, Bryson Hyman

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  • Elections

Rural voters lean red, young voters lean blue. So what's a young, rural voter to do?

Democrats are aiming to make gains in North Carolina in 2024. And that path to victory in the state runs through its small towns and youngest voters. Here's where some of them stand.

July 16, 2023
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Ximena Bustillo
 Republican State Rep. Mesha Mainor, formerly a Democrat, announces her new party allegiance. Party chairman John McKoon stands behind her. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia Republicans welcome state Rep. Mainor’s switch from Dems as new life of the party

Controversial Republican state Rep. Mesha Mainor of Atlanta, formerly a controversial Democrat, announced she is switching parties Tuesday. “This was not an easy decision,” she said.

July 12, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time while speaking Nov. 15 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Law

A judge fines Trump and his lawyer for a 'frivolous' suit against his political foes

In a blistering filing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks described Trump as "a prolific and sophisticated litigant" with a "pattern of abuse of the courts."

January 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona speaks at the U.S. Capitol after the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act in November. Sinema announced Friday she would register as an independent rather than a Democrat.

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  • Politics

Here's what Sinema's switch from Democrat to independent could mean for the Senate

Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff election to give Democrats a 51-49 majority.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Deirdre Walsh
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) attends an election event on Tuesday, several days before narrowly winning her race.

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  • Elections

Sen. Cortez Masto, who gave Democrats the Senate, says people want solutions

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.

November 14, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner in Manchester, N.H.

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  • Politics

Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving the Democratic Party

In her announcement to leave the Democratic Party, Gabbard accused the party of using rhetoric that is anti-police and anti-religion, and pushing the country closer to nuclear war.

October 12, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Caucusgoers are seen here in Carpenter, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. The Democratic National Convention approved a resolution Wednesday that revamps its presidential nominating process, which means Iowa could lose its "first in the nation" status.

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  • Elections

Iowa and New Hampshire are not guaranteed to be first contests for Democrats in 2024

The Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that will likely upend the party's traditional presidential primary calendar.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Juana Summers and
  • Barbara Sprunt
Months after his challenge to the incumbent President Carter had failed, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) makes a belated gesture of unity in the closing moments of the 1980 National Convention.

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  • Politics

Democrats are having a unity problem. That's familiar territory for them

At their historic high tides, Democrats were not really more united than they are now. They may have been less so. The difference was they had enough votes to abide their disunity and still prevail.

October 10, 2021
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By:
  • Ron Elving
A Joe Biden supporter attends a drive-in voter mobilization event in Miramar, Fla., on Oct. 13, 2020. Democrats lost Florida because they failed to engage and target their message to the Latino community, says Quentin James, president of The Collective PAC.

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  • Politics

Democrats Are Waiting Too Long To Reach Black And Latino Voters, A New Report Says

Voters of color should not be treated as "get-out-the-vote targets," says the head of one of the groups that issued the report. Instead, outreach needs to start one to two years before an election.

June 09, 2021
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  • Leila Fadel
Jaime Harrison, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, says Democratic victories in Georgia are signs that come 2022, his party can break the cycle of the incumbent president's party losing ground during midterm elections.

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  • Politics

DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison Wants To Build The 'Next Generation' Of Democratic Talent

With President Biden and other Democratic leaders in their 70s and 80s, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee says recruiting younger candidates will be among his top priorities.

January 22, 2021
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  • Avie Schneider
Portland has been a hotbed of anti-police and racial justice demonstrations since the summer. Wednesday's scuffle between police and anti-fascist demonstrators became just the latest such event in several months punctuated by demonstrations that turned violent.

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  • Law

Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

Anti-fascist protesters carried signs rejecting Joe Biden's presidency and scuffled with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez speaks in February in Charlotte, N.C. Democrats are arguing over the future of the party after it lost some seats in the House of Representatives.

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  • Politics

DNC Chair Tom Perez On Democrats' Georgia Runoff Strategy And Defeating Trumpism

Democrats didn't have the big wins they expected in congressional races. Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez says Democrats are working to expand the electorate for Georgia's Senate runoffs.

November 10, 2020
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By:
  • James Doubek and
  • Steve Inskeep
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

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  • National

Needing The Support Of Catholic Women, Democrats Are Careful With Amy Coney Barrett

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have looked for ways to challenge Barrett's conservative views without alienating her Catholic supporters.

October 16, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
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