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Political parties frame
the debate, recruit candidates and raise money. The Democratic and
Republican parties dominate American politics and are organized at the
national, state, and local level level. Other parties (click
here) are struggling to
gain a foothold. Over
the past decade in many states, an increasing percentage of the electorate
has chosen to remain unaffiliated (ex.1,
ex.2).
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National Committees | . |
Republican National Committee
Summer Meeting: New York, NY July 23-26, 2003 Chairman Ed Gillespie Co-chair Ann Wagner (MO) .................................................................finances |
Democratic National Committee
Fall Meeting: Washington, DC October 2-4, 2003 Chairman Terry McAuliffe ................................................................finances |
Republican Governors Association
Chairman Bill Owens (CO) Vice Chairman Bob Taft (OH) |
Democratic Governors Association
Chairman Gary Locke (WA) Vice Chairman Tom Vilsack (IA) |
National Republican Congressional Committee
...........................................................contribs | expends |
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
................................................................contribs | expends |
National Republican Senatorial
Committee
................................................................finances |
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
................................................................finances |
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | |
State Parties | . |
Links to Republican State Parties | Link to Democratic State Parties |
Official Party Auxiliaries | . |
National Federation of Republican Women
President - Heidi Smith (NV), from Jan. 2002. Biennial Convention - Sept. 19-21, 2003 in Salt Lake City, UT. |
National Federation of Democratic Women |
Republican National Hispanic Assembly
Chair - Massey Villarreal (TX). |
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Republican Mayors and Local Officials | National Conference of Democratic Mayors |
Young Republican National
Federation
Chair - Dee Dee Benkie (IN), from mid-2001. 2002 conference March 13-17, 2002 in Washington, DC. National Convention--July 9-13, 2003 in Boston, MA. |
Young Democrats of America
President - Scott Butler (GA) |
College Republican National
Committee
Chair - Scott Stewart, from July 1999. |
College Democrats of
America
President - Ashley Bell (GA), from Jan. 2002 |
Republicans Abroad | Democrats Abroad |
Republican National Lawyers Association | |
Nat'l Fed. of the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs, Inc. | |
Partisan Groups | . |
Republican Liberty Caucus
represents the G.O.P's libertarian tradition |
Democratic Leadership Council
New Democrats |
Ripon Society
to promote moderate Republican principles (also see: The Moderate Republican) |
New Democrat Network
the political action arm of the New Democrat movement |
Republican Leadership Council
emphasizes economic issues and inclusiveness over a narrow moral agenda |
Americans for Democratic
Action
independent liberal political organization |
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
conservative Republican group |
National Committee for an Effective Congress
supports progressive candidates |
Republican Main
Street Partnership
a voice for centrist Republicans |
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GOPAC
Republican training and education |
21st Century Democrats (formerly
Democrats 2000)
recruiting and electing progressive candidates |
Republican Jewish Coalition
voice of Jewish Republicans |
National Jewish Democratic
Council
promoting Jewish values in the Democratic Party |
Log Cabin Republicans
gay and lesbian Republican organization National Convention April 19-21 in Washington, DC. |
National Stonewall
Democrats
federation which links clubs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Democrats |
The WISH List
raises funds for Republican pro-choice women candidates |
EMILY's List
electing pro-choice Democratic women candidates |
Republican National Coalition
for Life
works to ensure adoption of the pro-life plank in the Republican platform |
Democrats for
Life of America
elect pro-life Democrats to office and support pro-life Democrats |
Republicans for Choice
seeks to remove the anti-choice plank in the Republican platform |
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Republican Pro-Choice Coalition
seeks to get abortion out of politics |
Italian American Democratic Leadership Council |
Republicans for Environmental Protection
environmental conscience of the GOP |
July 2003-Several new Democratic or Democratic leaning groups are in the works: |
Council of Republicans for Environmental
Advocacy
promoting fair, community-based solutions to environmental challenges |
-In June, Joe Carmichael, general chair of the Missouri Democrats and president of ASDC, left to become co-chair of Grassroots Democrats, which will help state and local Democratic Party committees with fundraising and mobilization. |
Teen Age Republicans | -John Podesta is among those leading the effort to launch a progressive think tank, the American Majority Institute. |
House | . |
Speaker - Denny Hastert (IL)* | Minority Leader - Nancy Pelosi (CA)* |
Majority Leader - Tom DeLay (TX) | Minority Whip - Steny H. Hoyer (MD)* |
Majority Whip - Roy Blunt (MO)* | Democratic Caucus Chairman - Robert Menendez (NJ) |
Republican Conference Chair - Deborah Pryce (OH)* | Democratic Caucus Vice Chair - James Clyburn (SC) |
Chair, Nat'l Rep. Cong. Comm. - Thomas M. Reynolds (NY) | Assistant to the Democratic Leader - John Spratt (SC) |
Republican Conference Secretary - John T. Doolittle (CA) | Chair, Dem. Congr. Campaign Comm. - Robert Matsui (CA) |
Republican Policy Comm. Chair - Chris Cox (CA)* | Democratic Steering Committee Co-chair - |
Chief Deputy Whips - to be named by Hoyer | |
Progressive Caucus | |
Blue Dog Coalition | |
Senate | .> |
Majority Leader - Bill Frist (TN) | Minority Leader - Tom Daschle (SD)* |
Asst. Majority Ldr/Majority Whip - Mitch McConnell (KY) | Minority Whip - Harry Reid (NV) |
Chair, Senate Rep. Conference - Rick Santorum (PA)* | Sec. of the Conference - Barbara Mikulski (MD) |
Vice Chair, Senate Rep. Conference - Kay Bailey Hutchison | Chief Deputy Whip - John Breaux (LA) |
Chair, Rep. Policy Comm. - John Kyl (AZ)* | Policy Committee - Byron
Dorgan (ND)
Steering and Coordination Committee - Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) Tech. and Comms. Committee - Jay Rockefeller (WV) |
Chair, Nat'l Rep. Sen. Comm. - George Allen (VA) | Assistant Floor Leader - Richard Durbin (IL) |
Chair, Dem. Sen. Campaign Comm. - Jon Corzine (NJ) | |
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*leadership page |
In a political landscape dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, third or minor parties have had trouble getting rooted. (See Ballot Access News). Currently, five third parties are working to build a national presence and are running candidates in various states: Greens, Libertarian Party, Natural Law Party, Reform Party, and Constitution Party (formerly U.S. Taxpayers Party). |
Yet More Parties
In addition, there are a
number of other small national parties operating at the fringes:
Communist Party U.S.A.
Labor Party
New Party
Socialist Party USA
Workers World Party
And
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