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Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

by Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Democratic National Convention Keynote Address Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Buenas noches, mis amigos! I am delighted to be here with you this…

Texas Democratic legislators, 2003 News

bolted the state to boycott a vote on a redistricting measure orchestrated by U.S. representative Tom Delay that would have increased the number of Republican seats in Congress. In May, 51…

New Democratic party

(Encyclopedia) New Democratic party (NDP), Canadian political party, founded in 1961 when the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) reorganized itself and entered into close ties with Canadian…

Social Democratic party

(Encyclopedia) Social Democratic party (SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 to offer a centrist alternative to the more extreme positions of the then ruling Conservative party on the…

Farley, James Aloysius

(Encyclopedia) Farley, James AloysiusFarley, James Aloysiusălˌəwĭshˈəs [key], 1888–1976, American political leader, U.S. Postmaster General (1933–40), b. Rockland co., N.Y. He rose steadily in…

Students for a Democratic Society

(Encyclopedia) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded…