Minnesota Democrats move up caucuses
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Minnesota Democrats announced Tuesday they will join Republicans in moving their caucuses up to Feb. 5, when two dozen states are set to hold presidential preference contests.
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You may have no idea where youÃ¢ÂÂre going be the first week of September in 2008. But thousands of Republicans, political activists, journalists and others learned Wednesday morning theyÃ¢ÂÂll be spending that time in Minneapolis and St. Paul Ã¢ÂÂ thanks to an announcement by Republican National Committee (RNC) officials, made much earlier than expected, that they have selected the Twin Cities as the site of their next presidential nominating convention.
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It's more than half a year &#151; and a few snowstorms &#151; until the first votes in Iowa, yet Democratic presidential hopefuls have already captured some of the delegates critical to winning the nomination.
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Democrats enter the fall campaign  with a clear edge in the high-stakes fight for control of the  U.S. Congress, riding a wave of momentum that has them  positioned to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and make  significant gains in the Senate.
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The Democratic candidates are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could serve as tiebreakers at the partyâs convention.
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The Democratic candidate steps up his airwaves campaign in an early state.
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Western Democrats gather here on Saturday with two major tasks: interview candidates for head of the Democratic National Committee, and chart a course to improve the party's prospects across this mostly red-state, pro-gun region.
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Minnesota politicians are pressing the state's biggest corporations to help pick up the fundraising pace for the 2008 Republican Convention and offering benefits for major donors, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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House Democrats are already gearing up for 2008, and they are eyeing suburbia as fertile territory for more pickups to increase their gains from November.
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Joining the rush to the front of presidential nominating calendar, the Colorado Republican Party has moved its presidential caucuses up five weeks to Feb. 5.
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Iowa Democrats will hold their presidential caucuses for Jan. 3, joining Republicans in holding the kickoff 2008 presidential contest on the earliest ever date for a White House nomination contest.
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Iowa Democrats voted Sunday to move their leadoff precinct caucuses to Jan. 3, the same date Republicans picked earlier this month, letting both parties continue the tradition of meeting on the same night.
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Democrats in MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Democratic 5th Congressional District put history into motion by nominating state Rep. Keith Ellison in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary Ã¢ÂÂ all but guaranteeing that he will become the first Muslim ever elected to Congress.
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Minnesotaâs $86 million teacher professionalization and merit pay initiative got a lift last week when teachers voted overwhelmingly to expand it in Minneapolis.
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BLAINE, Minn. - Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
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The Republican and Democratic national party committees have nearly matched each other in total fundraising during the first five months of this year, a boost for Democrats who historically have trailed the GOP.
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The race to lead the Senate Republican campaign committee and step into senior party circles intensified Wednesday, with both sides claiming more than half of the votes needed to win the post.