Democratic National Committee (DNC) 2007 Winter Meeting
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE REPORT
2007 WINTER MEETING
The Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) 2007 Winter Meeting was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel February 1-3, 2007, on Friday morning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reminded us that the Democratic Party not only had a political victory, but we made history when we took control of the House of Representatives and elevated Nancy Pelosi to the position of Speaker of the House (Maryland is proud that we are represented in the national leadership ranks by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen) . The DNC also passed the attached Resolution: http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/02/on_the_need_for.php
The DNC celebrated the success of Governor Howard Dean’s 50-state strategy, especially here in the Eastern Region as evidenced by the following victories:
Connecticut: Joe Courtney (CD-2) and Chris Murphy (CD-5)
Maryland: Ben Cardin (Sen.), John Sarbanes (CD-3), Anthony Brown - Lt. Governor and Martin O’Malley - Governor
Massachusetts: Deval Patrick - Governor
New Hampshire: Carol Shea-Porter (CD-1) and Paul Hodes (CD-2)
New Jersey: Robert Menendez (Sen.), Albio Sires (CD-13)
New York: Yvette Clark (CD-11), John Hall (CD-19), Krisen Gillibrand (CD-20), Michael Arcuri (CD-24), David Paterson – Lt. Governor, Eliot Spitzer – Governor
Pennslyvania: Bob Casey (Sen), Jason Altmire (CD-4), Joe Sestak (CD-7), Patrick Murphy (CD-8) and Christopher Carney (CD-10)
Rhode Island: Sheldon Whithouse (Sen.)
Vermont: Bernice Sanders (I-D), Peter Welch (CD-1)
Virgin Islands: John Dejongh –Governor
The Democratic Convention is scheduled to convene August 25, 2008 in Denver, Colorado all delegates to the convention must be selected by June 21, 2008. The highlight of the winter meeting was the opportunity to hear speeches, meet with and talk to the ten 2008 Presidential hopefuls. If you were unable to attend you may view the meeting on the web at: www.democrats.org/wintermeetingvideo.html or you may visit: http://www.cspan.org/ . Once you listen to the ten candidates if you wish to contact them you may click on the links below for more information:
Sen. Joe Biden http://www.joebiden.com/, Gen. Wesley Clark http://www.securingamerica.com/, Sen.Hillary Clinton http://www.hillaryclinton.com/, Sen. Chris Dodd http://www.chrisdodd.com/,
Sen. John Edwards http://www.johnedwards.com/, Sen. Mike Gravel http://www.gravel2008.com/,
Rep. Dennis Kucinich http://www.kucinich.us/, Sen. Barack Obama http://www.barackobama.com/,
Gov. Bill Richardson http://www.billrichardsonforpresident.com/,
Gov. Tom Vilsack http://www.tomvilsack08.com/
2007 WINTER MEETING
The Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) 2007 Winter Meeting was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel February 1-3, 2007, on Friday morning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reminded us that the Democratic Party not only had a political victory, but we made history when we took control of the House of Representatives and elevated Nancy Pelosi to the position of Speaker of the House (Maryland is proud that we are represented in the national leadership ranks by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen) . The DNC also passed the attached Resolution: http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/02/on_the_need_for.php
The DNC celebrated the success of Governor Howard Dean’s 50-state strategy, especially here in the Eastern Region as evidenced by the following victories:
Connecticut: Joe Courtney (CD-2) and Chris Murphy (CD-5)
Maryland: Ben Cardin (Sen.), John Sarbanes (CD-3), Anthony Brown - Lt. Governor and Martin O’Malley - Governor
Massachusetts: Deval Patrick - Governor
New Hampshire: Carol Shea-Porter (CD-1) and Paul Hodes (CD-2)
New Jersey: Robert Menendez (Sen.), Albio Sires (CD-13)
New York: Yvette Clark (CD-11), John Hall (CD-19), Krisen Gillibrand (CD-20), Michael Arcuri (CD-24), David Paterson – Lt. Governor, Eliot Spitzer – Governor
Pennslyvania: Bob Casey (Sen), Jason Altmire (CD-4), Joe Sestak (CD-7), Patrick Murphy (CD-8) and Christopher Carney (CD-10)
Rhode Island: Sheldon Whithouse (Sen.)
Vermont: Bernice Sanders (I-D), Peter Welch (CD-1)
Virgin Islands: John Dejongh –Governor
The Democratic Convention is scheduled to convene August 25, 2008 in Denver, Colorado all delegates to the convention must be selected by June 21, 2008. The highlight of the winter meeting was the opportunity to hear speeches, meet with and talk to the ten 2008 Presidential hopefuls. If you were unable to attend you may view the meeting on the web at: www.democrats.org/wintermeetingvideo.html or you may visit: http://www.cspan.org/ . Once you listen to the ten candidates if you wish to contact them you may click on the links below for more information:
Sen. Joe Biden http://www.joebiden.com/, Gen. Wesley Clark http://www.securingamerica.com/, Sen.Hillary Clinton http://www.hillaryclinton.com/, Sen. Chris Dodd http://www.chrisdodd.com/,
Sen. John Edwards http://www.johnedwards.com/, Sen. Mike Gravel http://www.gravel2008.com/,
Rep. Dennis Kucinich http://www.kucinich.us/, Sen. Barack Obama http://www.barackobama.com/,
Gov. Bill Richardson http://www.billrichardsonforpresident.com/,
Gov. Tom Vilsack http://www.tomvilsack08.com/
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