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Former Ward 8 Democratic Party head Jacque Patterson, running for a D.C. Council seat from the ward, gives Jasmine Westbrook (center), a Howard University sophomore volunteering with Mr. Patterson, a shirt to wear outside Precinct 116 at the New Image Baptist Church on Alabama Avenue Southeast in Washington on election day, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Beth Dozoretz, a major Democratic Party fundraiser, is director of the Art in Embassies program.

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left) shakes hands with Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the leading opposition Democratic Party, before their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday. Mr. Lee made a rare visit to the National Assembly to try to break a deadlock on passage of a long-stalled free-trade agreement with the United States. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich has challenged Rep. Edolphus Towns for the Democratic Party's top position on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Mr. Towns currently serves as chairman.

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The new logo for the Democratic Party

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Democratic Party endorsed gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher addresses supporters as they wait for primary results in Minneapolis early Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy King)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNTERPUNCHING:Michael S. Steele is giving as good as he gets from Democratic Party critics in personal attacks.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate candidate Sharron Angle, who is leading her Democratic opponent in Nevada, Majority Leader Harry Reid, wishes death on her opponents, according to a Democratic Party spokesman who has stirred up a heated defense.

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Protesters show thumb down sign against the Democratic Party members who took part in the annual pro-democracy march demanding universal suffrage in a downtown Hong Kong street on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Protesters shout at the Democratic Party members behind police officers during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Democratic Party members march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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A protester, right, tries to stop the Democratic Party members' march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)

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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)