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  Democrats' '08 Convention to Be After Games [Aug 25-28 2008]
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Last EditedCOSDem  Nov 04, 2005 11:38am
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News DateFriday, November 4, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe 2008 Democratic National Convention will be held from Monday, Aug. 25, through Thursday, Aug. 28, after the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Democratic chairman Howard Dean announced Friday.

Democrats will decide where they will hold the convention sometime after the 2006 midterm elections, party spokesman Josh Earnest said. Dean will appoint a committee to consider bids from various cities and come up with a recommendation, Earnest said.

The late-August date will allow the Democratic nominee to raise and spend private money for almost a month longer than in 2004, when Democrats held their convention in late July and formally chose John Kerry as their nominee. Candidates who accept public financing for the general election can no longer raise private contributions once they have received their party's nomination.
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