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  Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States.
In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster.
Organized in Ripon, Wisconsin on February 28, 1854, as a party opposed to the expansion of slavery into new territories, the Party is not to be confused with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson or the National Republican Party of Henry Clay.
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 MSN Encarta - Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Republicans controlled most elective offices in the Northern states during the war, and for a generation afterward they were able to make full use of patriotic fervor to denounce the Democrats as traitors and friends of the South.
Republican leaders argued that Whigs and fls had a common belief in the need for strong government action in society, but these arguments were ineffective in the face of racist campaigns by the Southern Democrats.
The former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt, who had promoted some progressive measures while in office from 1901 to 1909, later became the presidential candidate of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party; as a splinter group it aided in the defeat of the Republican presidential candidate William Howard Taft in 1912.
encarta.msn-ppe.com /encyclopedia_761568416/Republican_Party.html   (1132 words)

  
 A Tribute to (For dummies)
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are 2 parties which represent the "left" side and the "right" side of the political spectrum, respectively.
In the 1854 Congressional elections, 44 Republicans were elected as part of the anti-Nebraskan majority in the House, and many Republicans were elected to the Senate and various state houses.
Party leaders saw the opportunity to broaden the base of the party and adopted the name National Union Party.
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 Pipe Dream on the Web
The Republicans increased their majority in the house with 227 seats to the Democrats’ 203 (and one independent) with four races still undecided as of as of 9:37 p.m.
Republican Thomas Libous won re-election to the State Senate unopposed according to results posted by the Broome County Board of Elections.
Republican incumbent David E. Harder with 42,018 votes defeated Democrat Raymond Schaffer with 13,174 votes to win the Broome Sheriff election, according to the Broome County Board of Elections.
www.bupipedream.com /110802/news/n5.htm   (481 words)

  
 North Carolina Republican Party Platform
Republicans believe that a two-parent family, where a husband and wife live in harmony in one home, provides the ideal environment for raising children and is the best model for family life.
Republicans oppose mandatory sex education in public schools and believe sex education should not be included in any public school program without obtaining prior approval from parents or guardians.
We believe the values of the Republican Party embody the American Dream that brought our forefathers to this land and that draws people from all over the world to our shores today, and that is the vision that makes the United States of America the best and brightest nation on earth.
www.ncgop.org /reference/platform.html   (4478 words)

  
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Republican Party of Va., 116 S. Ct. 1186 (U.S. Reversing, the Supreme Court has held that the Republican Party of Virginia's decision to exact a registration fee from individuals who wished to become delegates to a state convention is subject to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Democratic Party of Georgia, 409 U.S. The Supreme Court held that the district court erred in its application of the Attorney General's regulation, which unambiguously requires section 5 preclearance when a political party makes a change affecting voting if, inter alia, the party is acting under authority explicitly or implicitly granted by a covered jurisdiction.
Because the conclusion that the party's activities fell within the regulation's scope was not contradicted but supported by the Court's narrow holding in Williams, the district court erroneously based its dismissal of appellants' complaint on that case.
povertylaw.org /legalresearch/cases/act_abstract_for_print.cfm?id=51121   (292 words)

  
 Republican Party Nominee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Change and Continuity for Women at the 1996 Republican and Democratic Conventions
Among Republican delegates, 60% of both sexes hold a party office, while one fifth of the women and one quarter of the men are public officials.
Although Republican pro-choicers were present, demanding that the Party "Yank the Plank" on abortion from the Platform, it would be stretching it to call their efforts a wake for woman's right to choose.
The Republicans also tried to woo women, but their strategy was to showcase women in order to convince voters that women are important in the party and would be important in a Republican administration.
www.jofreeman.com /conventions/1996conven.htm   (9391 words)

  
 Dan IVY, Republican Candidate for Attorney General for the S...
REPUBLICAN PARTY of Arkansas; Asa Hutchinson, in his Capacity as Chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas; Marty Ryalls, Executive Secretary for the Republican Party of Arkansas; and the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas
When a person seeks the nomination for a political office as a member of a particular party, he or she has to assume that he or she will be subjected to the discipline of the party from which he desires support.
Republican Party of Connecticut, 479 U.S. (1986), cited in Duke, 954 F.2d 1526, a state statute required voters in any party primary to be registered members of that party.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/old/94-1006A.html   (3568 words)

  
 Party Chiefs Disinvite GOP's Potts (washingtonpost.com)
Republicans form the state's dominant political organization, but for most who identify with the party, it's not like being part of an exclusive club with dues and a blood oath.
The party's leaders, who are trying to regain the governorship and retain control of the House of Delegates, find Potts's attitude more than a little annoying.
The state central committee of the Republican Party of Virginia weighed in on the matter over the weekend, adopting a resolution stating that Potts is no longer recognized as a party member and urging him to resign his Senate seat.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A61436-2005Mar23.html   (876 words)

  
 Dan Hiltigen Republican nominee for State Sec
This affidavit must be filed with the state party chairman of the nominee's party and also with the election commission of the county if the office concerned is countywide or less including members of the General Assembly and with the State Election Commission if the office is statewide.
If a party nominee dies, becomes disqualified after his nomination, or resigns his candidacy for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50 and was selected through a party primary election, the vacancy must be filled in a special primary election to be conducted as provided in this section.
Where the party nominee was unopposed, each political party registered with the State Election Commission has the privilege of nominating a candidate for the office involved through a special primary election in the same manner and under the same procedures stipulated by this section.
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 Hatred of 'Top Two' primary unites Republican and Democratic parties
The parties argue that that it violates their First Amendment right of free association by letting any candidate run under a party's banner without having been chosen by the party as its nominee.
The parties, however, have a fallback argument: If the Top Two is constitutional, then indeed it isn't a "nominating" primary, and they have the right to pick nominees at party conventions.
The state Republican Party recently adopted a rule requiring a candidate to receive at least 25 percent of the votes at a party nominating convention to qualify for the ballot.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/231140_endorsements04.html   (1123 words)

  
 Rachel's Rhetorical Analysis RD (OldPuebloMOO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On March 14, 2000, after many months of hard campaigning in the Republican Primaries, George W. Bush earned enough Republican delegates to be voted the Republican Party Presidential Nominee for the 2000 Presidential election.
This is the stance he takes in his Republican Party Presidential Nominee acceptance speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June of this year, when he talks about how it is time for a change and how he is the one to lead the country in this change.
Bush also says, "Now is the time for Republicans and Democrats to end the politics of fear and save Social Security, together." He says he wants to work with Republicans and Democrats order to show the voters that he is willing to work with everyone in order to fix the problems in America.
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 Illinois Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Second, the Republicans were in chaos for the general election.
Republicans have a mountain of opposition research on the Senator-elect that they never used because his contest was not competitive, and they are just waiting for an opportunity to use it.
But I’ve heard that before from Republicans and Democrats, and only a handful of politicians are moderate and pragmatic enough to avoid the partisanship of Washington.
www.ilgop.org /news/contentview.asp?c=21393   (865 words)

  
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But more significantly, these Ford partisans in the Republican party were significantly responsible for forcing President Nixon from office and contributing to the pattern of politically motivated presidential impeachments and threats of impeachment which culminated in President Clinton's impeachment in 1998.
The Republican Party was founded in Philadelphia in 1856 on the principle of abolishing slavery.
Now, it is fitting that the Republicans should reassemble in Philadelphia to purge the party of Lincoln's influence by nominating the second member of a family which distances itself from African-American progress and abortion rights, not out of personal conviction, but for purely political expediency.
www.leinsdorf.com /bush-cheney.htm   (944 words)

  
 The Winchester Star-GOP Convention May Break Record   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
More than 48,000 delegates could have a say in who will be the Virginia Republican Party’s nominee for governor at the party’s convention in June at the Richmond Coliseum.
John Hager as the Republican Party’s nominee for governor.
Winchester Republican Committee Chairman Vincent DiBenedetto III said prefiling, which is done in Winchester, allows an opportunity to review the applicants and make sure they are registered to vote in the city, a requirement to be a delegate.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/010317/Area_record.asp   (538 words)

  
 Opinion - The Clarion-Ledger
While Mississippi's Democratic presidential primary will have little influence on the fortunes of their party's nominee, Republican party primaries in two of the state's congressional districts are attracting attention.
But three candidates are vying for the Republican nomination to opposed Thompson in the November general election — Clinton B. LeSueur of Greenville, James Broadwater of Byram and Stephanie Summers-O'Neal of Jackson.
Primaries aside, Mississippi has voted Republican in presidential politics for the last 40 years with the exceptions of supporting the candidacies of the late independent George Wallace of Alabama in 1968 and then-Democratic Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter in 1976.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0403/07/lperse.html   (623 words)

  
 Texas SOS - Election and Voter Information
In order to become the Republican or Democratic Party nominee for a particular office, you must file an application for a place on the ballot with the county or state party chair, as appropriate (see chart).
Percentage of all votes for all gubernatorial candidates cast in the applicable territory in the 2002 general election.
If number is less than 50 (party candidate) or 25 (independent candidate), a larger percentage may be required.
www.sos.state.tx.us /elections/candidates/guide/demorrep.shtml   (316 words)

  
 PoliticsNH.com - New Hampshire's Online Political Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Republican Party rank and file to determine who will represent the party
Republican Party ultimately chooses to oppose her as its nominee, it is
Republican policies, and have been loyal and supportive of prior
www.politicsnh.com /specials/may2002/5-22-benson.shtml   (451 words)

  
 Campaign 2004: Voter registration workers cry foul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
She said some workers were not paid "because of discrepancies in their paychecks" and said the party was attempting to correct the problem.
Heather Layman, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, confirmed Sproul's role in the effort and said that complaints by 45 to 50 workers who had not been paid had been straightened out.
Sproul's chairman, Nathan Sproul, is a former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04294/398767.stm   (856 words)

  
 SOWELL: SCALIA FOR PRESIDENT? -- 3/26/97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A small boomlet has begun to "draft" Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be the Republicans' presidential candidate in the year 2000.
He is uniquely qualified to address a crucial issue that virtually no politician of either party, or of any ideological persuasion, wants to tackle: The slow but steady destruction of democratic self-government by judges.
Many of the most important issues in our society -- crime, racial preferences, filth on the airways and on the news stands -- are issues that have been largely taken away from the voters and their elected representatives by judges.
www.townhall.com /thcc/content/sowell/sowe032797.html   (680 words)

  
 Missouri's Republican Party Abandons its Nominee for the 8th Congressional District
The State Republican party abandons its nominee for U-S Congress in Southwest Missouri.
The State Republican Party chooses to back an independent candidate instead of the man chosen by voters in Southwest Missouri.
Richard Kline will still appear as the Republican nominee for the 8th congressional district in the November election...but his party won't be behind him.
www.mdn.org /1996/STORIES/EMERSON.HTM   (346 words)

  
 Republican panel picks Mustio as party nominee - PittsburghLIVE.com
Republican committee members Wednesday night overwhelmingly chose Mark Mustio as the party nominee in the 44th District state House special election.
Pippy, a Moon Republican, was elected to the state Senate in the 37th District on March 11.
The district, with a population of 61,664, includes all or part of Aleppo, Ben Avon Heights, Collier, Edgeworth, Findlay, Haysville, Kilbuck, Moon, North Fayette, Ohio Township, Osborne, Robinson, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights and Sewickley Hills.
livesite.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/election/s_128463.html   (270 words)

  
 GOP day after: Forrester upbeat, Schundler silent (phillyBurbs.com)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - As newly elected Republican Party gubernatorial nominee Douglas Forrester fielded questions from the media Wednesday, the six runners-up were deliberately positioned in camera range behind him.
State Republican Committee Chairman Tom Wilson carefully staged the event so the "Magnificent Seven," as he called the GOP hopefuls, appeared together hours after Tuesday's primary to show a united party in the quest to defeat Democrat Jon S. Corzine in November.
Within minutes of securing the Republican nomination Tuesday night, Forrester took aim at Corzine, the former chairman of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, who spent a record $63 million of his own to gain election to the Senate in 2000.
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 Missouri Republican Party
State Representative Jack Goodman was selected on Monday as the Republican nominee for the 29th State Senate district.
We are proud to announce the launch of the Missouri Republican Party weblog.
Republicans continue to offer solutions to the challenges facing Social Security but Democrat leadership has yet to propose a solution to a problem they openly agree exists.
www.mogop.org   (1017 words)

  
 Illinois Republican Party
The Illinois Republican Party is committed to keeping our open US Senate seat in the Republican majority.
A united Republican Party will be vital if we are going to celebrate a resounding victory this November for Jack Ryan and President George W. Bush.
Presently, Jack serves on the finance committee for the Illinois Republican Party and he is the finance co-chairman of the Cook County Republican Party.
www.ilgop.org /candidates   (417 words)

  
 MagnoliaReport.com
Although Jim Herring and others in the party hierarchy should not attempt to coronate the Republican party's nominee for Governor, as there are two candidates in the party who have filed, there is no doubt that there is only one true Republican in the race, and he is Haley Barbour.
True Republicans who stand and live for family values don't give $1,000.00 to liberal Chuck McRae (of DUI fame) four months before declaring their candidacy.
True Republicans aren't poster childs of the American Trial Lawyers Association or make regular contributions to the National Democratic Senatorial committee.
www.magnoliareport.com /Letter519.htm   (124 words)

  
 Please join   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
I am pleased to announce that Barbara G. Decatur is the Republican Party nominee for the November 5, 2002, Special Election for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Stafford County.
She was also instrumental in the founding of the Calvary Southern Methodist Church where she served as the Sunday School Superintendent and currently serves as Treasurer.
The Republican Party of Stafford County is appreciative of Barbara’s service to the community and proud of the outstanding work she has been doing as our county’s appointed Clerk.
www.gopstafford.org /decatur.htm   (281 words)

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