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During the national meeting, candidate Martin O'Malley criticized DNC officials for the lack of debates. Cecil Benjamin, chair of the Democratic Party of the US Virgin Islands, interrupted the meeting to offer a motion to increase the number of debates; the motion received applause and cheers from the audience. [99]
In recent years, only one candidate's name has been put into nomination, and challengers have been put under intense pressure to withdraw in order for the vote to be unanimous. An exception was when former California Governor Ronald Reagan nearly toppled incumbent President Gerald Ford at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City .
Roll calls continue until one candidate has a majority: the 1924 Democratic National Convention holds the record as the longest ever, as divisions within the party concerning Prohibition led to 102 ballots between Alfred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo, before the relatively unknown John W. Davis was chosen as a compromise candidate on the 103rd ...
Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate of the ruling MORENA party, reacts as she addresses her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024. / Credit: Raquel Cunha ...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson informed Republicans at a closed-door meeting Saturday that Donald Trump favored moving ... For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com. Show comments.
In November 2024, The New York Times reported that "the typically sedate biannual meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a network of major liberal donors, became a four-day group therapy session" after the re-election of President Donald Trump.