Race for DNC Chair

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"The Democratic Party needs a vibrant, forward-thinking, long-term presence in every single state and we must be willing to contest every race at every level.  We will only win when we show up and fight for the issues important to all of us." "Offering a new choice means making Democrats the party of reform—reforming America's financial situation, reforming our electoral process, reforming health care, reforming education and putting morality back in our foreign policy.  The Democratic Party will not win elections or build a lasting majority solely by changing its rhetoric, nor will we win by adopting the other side's positions. We must say what we mean—and mean real change when we say it."

 
Text of Announcement (Jan. 11, 2005)
Remarks on the Future of the Democratic Party (Dec. 8, 2004)


Endorsements Include (as reported by Dean camp;some listed in several categories):

On Feb. 1, Dean gained endorsements of 53 new voting members of the DNC, including six entire state/territory delegations [AS, CO, MN, NE, NH, OR], 12 state chairs, 12 vice-chairs and Mayor Wellington Webb.

As of Jan. 30 Dean had endorsements from about 50 DNC Members:
DNC Members (by state)

ARKANSAS Martha Dixon CALIFORNIA Steven K. Alari (*DNC exec. comm. member) Rachel Binah Mary Ellen Early Ed Espinoza Alice Huffman Aleita J. Huguenin John A. Perez Alexandra Gallardo Rooker (*state party vice chair) Garry S. Shay DEMOCRATS ABROAD Robert Bell DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Wanda Lockridge (*state party chair) FLORIDA (all DNC Members from Florida) Jon Ausman Cathy Bartolotti Terrie Brady Mitchell Ceasar Joyce Cusack Diane Glasser (*state party vice chair) Allan Katz Scott Maddox (*state party chair) Raul Martinez Chuck Mohlke Janee Murphy LOUISIANA Patsy Arceneaux MASSACHUSETTS Gus Bickford MICHIGAN Joel Ferguson (*Vice Chair DNC Black Caucus) MISSISSIPPI Wayne Dowdy (*state party chair) Johnnie Patton

NEVADA Yvonne A. Gates (*Chair DNC Black Caucus) OKLAHOMA Jay Parmley (*state party chair) PUERTO RICO Roberto Prats (*Popular Democratic Party chair) TENNESSEE Jimmie Farris UTAH Nancy Woodside (*state party vice chair) VERMONT Peter Mallary (*state party chair) VIRGINIA Mame Reiley (*Chair DNC Women's Caucus) WYOMING Hon. Pete Jorgensen WASHINGTON Paul Berendt (*state party chair) MEMBERS AT LARGE Reverend Willie Barrow Jeremy Bernard Yolanda Caraway Joseph Cari, Jr. Hon. Elijah Cummings Patricia Ford Minyon Moore Mirian Saez Hon. Diane Watson (CA) Chair of National Association of Democratic State Treasurers Hon. Mike Fitzgerald Chair of the National Democratic Municipal Officials Conference Joe Moore DNC Vice Chair Hon. Gloria Molina DNC Deputy Chair Ben Johnson

DNC Current and Past Leadership
Joseph Cari, Jr., Former DNC National Finance Chair
Debra DeLee, Former Chair of the DNC and CEO of 1996 Democratic National Convention
Bob Farmer, Former DNC Treasurer and Finance Chair of the Kerry-Edwards campaign 
Hon. Yvonne A. Gates, Chair of the DNC Black Caucus 
Steve Grossman, Former DNC National Chair
Ben Johnson, DNC Deputy Chair
Hon. Gloria Molina, DNC Vice-Chair
David Wilhelm, Former DNC National Chair

More Democratic Leaders
Don Beyer, Former Lt. Gov. of Virginia and Chairman, Kerry-Edwards Virginia Victory '04
Alma Arrington Brown, philanthropist and wife of former DNC Chair Ron Brown

Congressmen
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA)
Hon. John Conyers (MI)
Hon. Elijah Cummings
Hon. Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Hon. Zoe Lofgren (CA)
Hon. John Murtha (PA) 
Hon. Grace Napolitano (CA)
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Hon. Diane Watson (CA)


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