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Candidate Notes on 07-DLC1

 


07-DLC1 on Nov 6, 2007

Mission

The DLC’s mission is to promote public debate within the Democratic Party and the public at large about national and international policy and political issues. Specifically, as the founding organization of the New Democrat movement, the DLC’s goal is to modernize the progressive tradition in American politics for the 21st Century by advancing a set of innovative ideas for governing through a national network of elected officials and community leaders.

Who We Are

The Democratic Leadership Council is an idea center, catalyst, and national voice for a reform movement that is reshaping American politics by moving it beyond the old left-right debate. The DLC seeks to define and galvanize popular support for a new public philosophy built on progressive ideals, mainstream values, and innovative, non bureaucratic, market-based solutions. At its heart are three principles: promoting opportunity for all; demanding responsibility from everyone; and fostering a new sense

of community.

Since its inception, the DLC has championed policies from spurring private sector economic growth, fiscal discipline and community policing to work based welfare reform, expanded international trade, and national service. Throughout the 90’s, innovative, New Democrat policies implemented by former DLC Chairman President Bill Clinton have helped produce the longest period of sustained economic growth in our history, the lowest unemployment in a generation, 22 million new jobs, cut the welfare rolls in half, reduced the crime rate for seven straight years, balanced the budget and streamlined the federal bureaucracy to its smallest size since the Kennedy administration.

Now, the DLC is promoting new ideas -- such as a second generation of environmental protection and new economy and technology development strategies -- that is distinctly different from traditional liberalism and conservatism to build the next generation of America’s leaders.



Democrats participating in 07-DLC1

Brian Baird s1mWashington Democrat
Max Baucus s1mMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh s1mIN Democratic Jr Senator
Shelley Berkley s1mNevada Democrat
John Breaux s1mLA Former Democratic incumbent; retired 2004
Maria Cantwell s1mWA Democrat Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1mCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1mMissouri Democrat
Ed Case s1mHawaii Democrat
Ben Chandler s1mKentucky Democrat
Hillary Clinton s1mNY Democrat Jr Senator
Kent Conrad s1mND Democrat Sr Senator
Bud Cramer s1mAlabama Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1mNew York Democrat
Artur Davis s1mAlabama Democrat
Jim Davis s1mFlorida Democrat
Susan Davis s1mCalifornia Democrat
Cal Dooley s1mCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
Byron Dorgan s1mND Democratic incumbent
John Edwards s1mNC Former Democrat Senator; retired to run for President, 2004
Rahm Emanuel s1mIllinois Democrat
Eliot Engel s1mNew York Democrat/Liberal
Bob Etheridge s1mNorth Carolina Democrat
Dianne Feinstein s1mCA Democrat Sr Senator
Harold Ford s1mTennessee Democrat
Dick Gephardt s1mMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Al Gore s1mPOTUS Democrat
Bob Graham s1mFL Former Democratic Senator; retired 2004
Jane Harman s1mCalifornia Democrat
Stephanie Herseth s1mSouth Dakota Democratic Challenger
Brian Higgins s1mNew York Democrat
Rush Holt s1mNew Jersey Democrat
Darlene Hooley s1mOregon Democrat
Jay Inslee s1mWashington Democrat
Steve Israel s1mNew York Democrat
Tim Johnson s1mSD Democrat Sr Senator
Bob Kerrey s1mNE Former Democrat Senator
John Kerry s1mMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
Ron Kind s1mWisconsin Democrat
Herbert Kohl s1mWI Democrat Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu s1mLA Democrat Sr Senator
Rick Larsen s1mWashington Democrat
John Larson s1mConnecticut Democrat
Joseph Lieberman s1mCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Blanche Lambert Lincoln s1mAR Democratic incumbent
Zoe Lofgren s1mCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn McCarthy s1mNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Mike McIntyre s1mNorth Carolina Democrat
Gregory Meeks s1mNew York Dem./Working-Families
Juanita Millender-McDonald s1mCalifornia Democrat
Dennis Moore s1mKansas Democrat
Ben Nelson s1mNE Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson s1mFL Democrat Sr Senator
Sam Nunn s1mGA Democrat Senator (Former)
David Eugene Price s1mNorth Carolina Democrat
Mark Pryor s1mAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Loretta Sanchez s1mCalifornia Democrat
Adam Schiff s1mCalifornia Democrat
Allyson Schwartz s1mPennsylvania Democrat
David Scott s1mGeorgia Democrat
David Adam Smith s1mWashington Democrat
Debbie Stabenow s1mMI Democrat Jr Senator
John Tanner s1mTennessee Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1mCalifornia Democrat
Tom Udall s1mNew Mexico Democrat
David Wu s1mOregon Democrat



Republicans participating in 07-DLC1



Independents participating in 07-DLC1



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 66
Republicans: 0
Independents: 0