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Article: Michigan Democrats opt against do-over primary
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 5, 2008
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LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Democrats are not going to hold a do-
over presidential primary.
The state party's executive committee made it official Friday,
saying "it is not practical" to conduct a party-run primary or
caucus as a way to get the state's delegates seated at the
Democratic National Convention this August.
Michigan and Florida were stripped of their convention delegates
for moving up their primaries before Feb. 5 in defiance of party
rules. Florida Democrats already had decided against holding a
second primary election.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Jan. 15
Michigan primary. Rival Sen. Barack Obama had pulled his name from
the ballot. Many of his ...