Bloomberg Is Endorsed by Independence Party
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- Bloomberg Is Endorsed by Independence Party
- Special ‘Rerun’ Alaska Senate Election Highly Unlikely
- Butler wants to expand Republican Party’s outreach to minorities
- Dems aim for huge gains in Calif.
Bloomberg Is Endorsed by Independence Party
New York Times
Bloomberg for a third term after he vowed in private and public remarks delivered just before the vote to try to establish nonpartisan elections in the city. Bloomberg — a Democrat-turned-Republican who dropped all party affiliations two years ago — would be the first independent candidate elected to lead the city. “I have been a Democrat I have been a Republican and I really respect both parties” Mr. Bloomberg said in his public remarks before meeting with party leaders. “But I’ve never believed that any party has a monopoly on truth or good ideas. ”The Independence Party’s selection came within 24 hours of another critical endorsement: n Saturday Mr.
Special ‘Rerun’ Alaska Senate Election Highly Unlikely
FXNews
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Butler wants to expand Republican Party’s outreach to minorities
The Times and Democrat
MATTHEWS – “We are in a battle for the soul of America” the Rev. Charles Butler of rangeburg told Calhoun County Republicans Thursday night during their convention to select officers and committeemen. Butler who is running for state Republican Party second vice chairman went on to say “It’s tough being black and a Republican. ”He said he wants “to expand minority outreach” and speak for minority participants in the party. The Republican Party needs to be able to speak to issues facing African-Americans and equip minority speakers to take a message to their communities Butler said. “If things continue as they are there will be no America” he said. Calhoun County Republican Party Chairman John Nelson opened the convention at the Calhoun County Courthouse with the first order of business to select the Rev.
Dems aim for huge gains in Calif.
United Press International
He told the San Francisco Chronicle GP voter registration “is dropping like a rock” in the state. “The big picture is that currently there is not one single state legislative or congressional district that has a majority of the voters registering Republican” Hoffenblum said. “There’s a large slice of voters there being turned off by the Republican Party” he said. “What’s really hurting them there is an increase in middle-class Asian and Latino voters — and they’re not voting Republican. They’re registering decline-to-state. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified eight districts in California now represented by Republicans but which went for the bama-Biden ticket in 2008 a committee spokeswoman told the Chronicle. The party plans an aggressive campaign to recruit challengers to GP incumbents in those districts.
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