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NEWS ABOUT: Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe stories: 12 news summaries

Clinton Stumps for Wife's Loyal Backers

He's boosting allies for 2010, but refuses to help one loyalist

Jun 13, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has quietly jumped into the 2010 election fray, helping just about anyone who was loyal to his wife’s presidential campaign, Politico reports. Though the media has focused mostly on his full-throated support for Terry McAuliffe’s failed gubernatorial run, Clinton has held events for half a dozen... More »

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Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Terry McAuliffe • Clintonites • 2010 election • Joe Sestak

(Newser) - The country lawyer has trumped his better-known foes in Virginia's Democratic primary for governor, reports the Washington Post. State Sen. Creigh Deeds easily defeated former Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe and former legislative colleague Brian Moran. Deeds will now face Republican Robert F. McDonnell, a conservative with ties to Pat Robertson,... More »

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Democrats • primary • Virginia • Terry McAuliffe • governor • Creigh Deeds • Brian Moran

(Newser) - Democrats head to the polls today in Virginia for a surprisingly tight gubernatorial primary, Politico reports. Last-minute polls show Creigh Deeds surging ahead of Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran. If he pulls out the win, it’ll be a major upset—McAuliffe, the former DNC chair, had been expected to... More »

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primary • Virginia • Democratic National Committee • Terry McAuliffe • Democratic Party • governor • DNC • gubernatorial races • Creigh Deeds • Brian Moran

 McAuliffe Denies DNC 
 Offered Money to Nader 

Spokesman slams Nader's claim he was bribed to avoid key states in '04

May 30, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader's claim that then-DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe offered him cash to stay out of key state races in 2004 is far from the truth, McAuliffe campaign strategist Mo Elleithee tells the Blue Virginia blog. McAuliffe did speak to Nader—who Elleithee claims was being funded by the GOP—to... More »

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Democratic National Committee • campaign • Terry McAuliffe • Ralph Nader • Election 2004 • battleground states

Nader: Dems Offered Me Money in '04 to Skip Key States

McAuliffe doesn't
deny the charge

May 28, 09 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader says Democrats were so worried about him in 2004 that DNC chief Terry McAuliffe offered to give his campaign money if he steered clear of 19 battleground states, reports the Washington Post. "When you get a call like that, first of all it's inappropriate,'' Nader said.... More »

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Democrats • campaign • Terry McAuliffe • Ralph Nader

McAuliffe Tack: Virginia Is for Garbage Lovers

He's leading Dem race for governor with new zeal for solid waste

Mar 20, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - For Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic party chief turned Virginia gubernatorial candidate, the way to Old Dominion’s heart runs through trash. “I love trash," he tells Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. "I love chicken litter, cow manure, garbage. This is the kind of thing that... More »

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trash • landfill • Virginia • Terry McAuliffe • governor

ANALYSIS

Missing, Not Missed: CEOs in Obama Cabinet

Prez keeps Wall Street at arm's length, leans on pols, academics

Feb 20, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - To the multitude of differences between the Obama administration and its predecessors, add the absence of corporate CEOs from Cabinet meetings. The reason is simple, reports Politico: There aren't any. Recent Wall Street-to-Washington catastrophes such as the Bush Treasury Department aren't the only reason, either. "Obama’s more... More »

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Barack Obama • CEO • Henry Paulson • business • Eric Schmidt • Terry McAuliffe • Robert Rubin • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

McAuliffe's Fundraising Chops Worry Va. Gov Rivals

Former DNC chair's charm, huge rolodex, could upend race

Dec 29, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Terry McAuliffe is planning a run for governor of Virginia, and, given the Democrat's formidable rep as a fundraiser, he’s looking like a major factor, reports the Washington Post. Virginia has little campaign finance regulation, meaning that McAuliffe, with his national network of deep-pocketed friends and his skill at... More »

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Virginia • Terry McAuliffe • governor

McAuliffe Eyes Run for Va. Statehouse

Longtime Dem operative will take 2 months to explore

Nov 10, 08 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe, most recently in the headlines as chair of Hillary Clinton's foiled presidential campaign, is considering running for governor of Virginia, Politico reports. "I plan on spending the next two months having a conversation with Virginians," McAuliffe, who has also publicly weighed running for... More »

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Virginia • Terry McAuliffe • governor

 Delicately, Team Clinton
 Gets Behind Obama 

Hillary's camp offers support in exchange for aid on debt

Jun 26, 08 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under the eye of one of Washington's most powerful lawyers, Barack Obama is negotiating with Hillary Clinton over a tangle of issues, from how to retire her campaign debt to what role she will play in this summer's convention. The Democratic party is slowly recovering from its bruising primary fight... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Terry McAuliffe • Democratic Party • campaign debt

UPDATED

McAuliffe: Clinton Won't Concede Tonight

Denies AP report she'll concede delegate loss

Jun 3, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign strenuously denied an AP report today that Hillary Clinton will concede defeat in the Democratic delegate race tonight in New York. Unnamed "top advisers" tell AP she won't formally drop out or endorse her Democratic rival, but she will acknowledge Obama's delegate win, and her campaign... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Terry McAuliffe • concession

Dubious Bush Benefactor Embedded in Clinton Camp

Alan Quasha makes a strange Dem bedfellow

Oct 21, 07 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has another backer as mysterious as the now-discredited Norman Hsu—this one a businessman who goes way back with George W. Bush. The Nation examines Clinton's ties to Alan Quasha, the Harken Energy magnate who bailed out the younger Bush’s oil company in 1986. Quasha now has... More »

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Sam Brownback • Hillary Clinton • Saudi Arabia • Philippines • campaign fundraising • Jesse Helms • Bahrain • Harken Energy • Terry McAuliffe • George W. Bush

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