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Article: Record year for Arab American electoral politics
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- The Arab American News
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- August 2, 1996
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Record year for Arab American electoral politics.
1996 will be a record year for Arab American involvement in electoral politics. Already, plans are under-way to insure the community's participation in both parties' national conventions, the campaigns of President Bill Clinton and Republican Bob Dole, and state and local elections across the U.s.
When the Republican and Democratic National Conventions meet next month in San Diego and Chicago, respectively, a combined number of over 100 Arab Americans will be active participants as delegates or party leaders. This represents the largest number of Arab Americans to have won election to party posts and reflects a decade of work by Arab ...