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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party . The DNC was established at the 1848 Democratic National Convention . Its Republican counterpart is the Republican National Committee and its Green counterpart is the Green National Committee . CURRENT DNC LEADERSHIP
DNC FUNDRAISING In the 2001-2002 election cycle the DNC raised a total of US$162,062,084, 42% of which was Hard Money . The largest contributor, with US$10,300,000 was the Saban Capital Group, founded in 2001 by Haim Saban, who also founded Fox Family group. The second largest contributor was Shangri-La Entertainment, which gave US$5,175,000. Newsweb Corp, owned by Fred Eychaner, gave the third highest amount of money to the DNC, US$4,755,000. In the 2005-2006 election cycle, the DNC raised a total of US$61,141,823, all of it hard money. The three largest contributors were Hill Wallack (a law firm), Jonathan Rose & Co. (developers), and Bain Capital (an investment firm). Hill Wallack gave US$100,000 and the other two each gave US$53,400. Sources within the Democratic Party estimate that contributions from Jews make up 50 percent of the donations the party receives from individuals each election cycle. The party does not admit publicly that it tracks donations via religion or ethnicity. {Link without Title} 1996 campaign fund-raising controversy In late September 1996, questions arose regarding the Democratic Party's fund-raising practices. In February of the following year, the , 1997 in violation of U.S. law forbidding non-American citizens from giving monetary donations to U.S. politicians and political parties. Seventeen people, including DNC fund-raisers John Huang , Charlie Trie , James Riady , and Johnny Chung , were convicted for fraud or for funneling Asian funds into the U.S. elections. In 2002, the , 2002 DNC CHAIRPERSONS # Benjamin F. Hallett (1848-1852) # Robert M. McLane (1852-1856) # David A. Smalley (1856-1860) # August Belmont (1860-1872) # Augustus Schell (1872-1876) # Abram Stevens Hewitt (1876-1877) # William H. Barnum (1877-1889) # Calvin Steward Brice (1889-1892) # William F. Harrity (1892-1896) # James K. Jones (1896-1904) # Thomas Taggart (1904-1908) # Norman E. Mack (1908-1912) # William F. McCombs (1912-1914) # Homer S. Cummings (1914-1916) # Vance C. McCormick (1916-1919) # George White (1920-1921) # Cordell Hull (1921-1924) # Clem L. Shaver (1924-1928) # John J. Raskob (1928-1932) # James A. Farley (1932-1940) # Edward J. Flynn (1940-1943) # Frank C. Walker (1943-1944) # Robert E. Hannegan (1944-1947) # J. Howard McGrath (1947-1949) # William H. Boyle, Jr. (1949-1951) # Frank E. McKinney (1951-1952) # Stephen A. Mitchell (1952-1955) # Paul M. Butler (1955-1960) # Henry M. Jackson (1960-1961) # John M. Bailey (1961-1968) # Lawrence F. O'Brien (1968-1969) # Fred R. Harris (1969-1970) # Lawrence F. O'Brien (1970-1972) # Jean M. Westwood (1972) # Robert S. Strauss (1972-1977) # Kenneth M. Curtis (1977-1978) # John C. White (1978-1981) # Charles T. Manatt (1981-1985) # Paul G. Kirk, Jr. (1985-1989) # Ron Brown (1989-1993) # David Wilhelm (1993-1994) # Debra DeLee (1994-1995) # Donald Fowler (1995-1997)
# Steven Grossman (1997-1999)
# Joseph Andrew (1999-2001)
# Terrence R. McAuliffe (2001-2005) # Howard Dean (2005-) REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINK |
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