Archive: D.C. Democrats & Republicans
Local GOP Wants to Hear From You
The District of Columbia's Republican Committee is looking for public input for its party platform. No jokes please about the relatively small numbers of GOP members in the District. They are drafting the party platform and want to know what you think. Residents can testify today and tomorrow, May 19...
By Marcia Davis | May 19, 2008; 06:55 AM ET | Comments (30)
Clinton and Obama on D.C. Gun Ban
If you watched the Democratic Party debate between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama last night in Philadelphia, then you probably heard their responses to a question about gun control and specifically about the District of Columbia's case defending its handgun ban now being considered by the U.S....
By Marcia Davis | April 17, 2008; 11:54 AM ET | Email a Comment
Political Parties Looking for "State" Delegates
Local Dems and GOP'ers are getting ready for the big quadrennial events: the Democratic National Convention in August in Denver and the Republican National Convention in September in St. Paul, Minn. The D.C. Democratic Party is seeking residents to serve as delegates to the District version of a State Convention....
By Sylvia Moreno | March 29, 2008; 08:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
