The New Democrat Network is an American

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that promotes

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candidates for the Democratic Party. NDN is a

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membership organization that functions in conjunction with its two subsidiary organizations, the NDN Political Fund, a non-federal political organization ( 527), and NDN PAC, a federal political action committee.

Founding

NDN is led and was founded by Simon Rosenberg in 1996, after his split with the

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(DLC), for which he worked. Before founding NDN, Rosenberg worked as a television news writer and producer and a political strategist for the

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and

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presidential campaigns and the

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. NDN has offices in Washington, D.C.,

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, and

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Involvement in the 2004 presidential election

The NDN, while not supporting or embracing 2004 Democratic presidential primary candidate

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, has pointed to his online network of small donors, volunteers, and

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gers as the model to emulate for the Democratic Party. The NDN is now challenging the DLC and is becoming an increasingly influential player in the party's politics. In the

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, NDN led an effort to turn out

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voters for

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. Also in 2004, Rosenberg announced his candidacy for Chairman of the

, but eventually withdrew from the race, after it became clear that he would lose to eventual Chairman Howard Dean. Rosenberg then supported Dean's campaign.

References

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Founding

Involvement in the 2004 presidential election

See also

References

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