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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). |
| National Committees | . |
| Republican National Committee
Chairman Ken Mehlman >> , 1 Co-chair Jo Ann Davidson (OH) .................................................................finances |
Democratic National
Committee Chairman Howard Dean >> ................................................................finances |
| Republican
Governors Association Chairman Kenny Guinn (NV) >> Vice Chairman Mitt Romney (MA) |
Democratic
Governors' Association Chairman Bill Richardson (NM) >> Vice Chairman Jennifer Granholm (MI) |
| National Republican
Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (NY-26) >> ...........................................................contribs | expends |
Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (IL-5) >> ................................................................contribs| expends |
| National
Republican Senatorial
Committee Chairman Elizabeth Dole (NC) >> ................................................................finances |
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee Chairman Charles E. Schumer (NY) >> ................................................................finances |
| Democratic Legislative Campaign
Committee Chairman Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr (MD) |
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| State Parties | . |
| Links to Republican State Parties | Link to Democratic State Parties |
| Allied Organizations | . |
| National Federation of
Republican Women President - Dianne Thompson (TX) ...from Jan. 1, 2004 |
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| Republican National Hispanic Assembly | |
| National Republican Legislators Association | |
| Republican Mayors and Local Officials President - Mayor Patrick McCrory |
National Conference of
Democratic Mayors |
| National Conference of
Republican County Officials President - Marilyn Byers |
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| Young Republican National
Federation Chair - Michael Mack Exec. Dir. - April Canter |
Young Democrats of
America President - Chris Gallaway (KS) 2003-2005 |
| College Republican
National
Committee |
College
Democrats of
America President - Grant Woodard (IA) |
| Republicans Abroad | Democrats Abroad |
| Nat'l Fed.
of the Grand
Order of Pachyderm Clubs, Inc. President - Joe Briggs |
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| National Republican Heritage
Groups Council |
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| Republican Attorneys General
Association |
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| 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 |
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 |
Progressive
Democrats of America to work within the general framework of the Democratic Party and with sister organizations to create a new, democratic, grassroots-based, nationally federated organization. |
| Republican
Main Street Partnership a voice for centrist Republicans |
2020 Democrats develop a vision that extends beyond the priorities of the immediate election cycle |
| GOPAC Republican training and education |
21st Century
Democrats (formerly
Democrats 2000) recruiting and electing progressive candidates |
| Club for
Growth elect candidates who support the Reagan vision of limited government and lower taxes. |
Progressive
Majority electing progressives at the federal and state levels |
| Democratic GAIN Grassroots Action Institute and Network--training, recruitment, and network |
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| National Committee
for an
Effective Congress supports progressive candidates |
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| Grassroots
Democrats Section 527 organization focused on funding state party operations |
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| Grassroots Campaigns face-to-face canvassing and fundraising |
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| Americans
Coming Together Section 527 organization mobilizing people to register and vote in 17 battleground states |
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| 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
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
Majority for
Choice (formerly Republican Pro-Choice Coalition) seeks to get abortion out of politics |
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| Republicans for
Environmental Protection environmental conscience of the GOP |
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| Council of Republicans for
Environmental
Advocacy promoting fair, community-based solutions to environmental challenges |
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| Republican National Lawyers Association | |
| Teen Age Republicans | |
| National Assembly of Irish American Republicans | Irish American Democrats |
| International Republican Institute | National Democratic Institute for Int'l Affairs |
| House | . |
| Speaker - Denny Hastert (IL)* | House Democrats 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) Vice Chair - James Clyburn (SC) |
| Republican Conference Chair - Deborah Pryce (OH)* | Assistant to the Democratic Leader - John Spratt (SC) |
| Chair, Nat'l Rep. Cong. Comm. - Thomas M. Reynolds (NY) | Chair, Dem. Congr. Campaign Comm. - Rahm Emanuel (IL) |
| Republican Conference Secretary - John T. Doolittle (CA) | Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Co-Chair - Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) Co-Chair - Rep. George Miller (CA) |
| Republican Policy Comm. Chair - Chris Cox (CA)* | |
| Progressive Caucus | |
| Republican Study
Committee |
Blue Dog Coalition |
| Senate | .> |
| Majority Leader - Bill Frist (TN)* | Minority Leader - Harry Reid (NV)* |
| Asst. Majority Ldr/Majority Whip - Mitch McConnell (KY) | Assistant Democratic Leader - Dick Durbin (IL) |
| Chair, Senate Rep. Conference - Rick Santorum (PA)* | Sec. of the Conference - Debbie Stabenow (MI) |
| Vice Chair, Senate Rep. Conference - Kay Bailey Hutchison | Chairman of Campaign Committee - Charles E. Schumer (NY) |
| Chair, Rep. Policy Comm. - John Kyl (AZ)* | Chairman of Policy Committee - Byron
Dorgan (ND)* |
| Chair, Nat'l Rep. Sen. Comm. - Elizabeth Dole (NC) | Steering and Outreach Committee - Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY)* |
| Assistant Floor Leader - Patty Murray (WA) |
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| Chair of Ranking Member Outreach
- Paul S. Sarbanes (MD) |
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| Vice Chair of Ranking Member
Outreach - Jeff Bingaman (NM) |
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| Chair of Rural Outreach -
Blanche L. Lincoln (AR) |
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| Chief Deputy Whip - Barbara
Boxer (CA) |
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| Deputy Whips - Thomas R.
Carper (DE), Bill
Nelson (FL), Russell D.
Feingold (WI) |
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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).
Four third parties are working to build a national presence and are
running
candidates in various states: Greens, Libertarian Party,
Reform Party, and Constitution Party (formerly U.S. Taxpayers
Party). A fifth party, The
Natural Law Party, closed its national headquarters in April 2004. |
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
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