Local Dems back Howard Dean to lead national party [View All]

EUREKA -- The Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee has unanimously endorsed Howard Dean to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Dean, the former Vermont governor who unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination, is on a long list of potential Democratic leaders.

The Humboldt Democrats, at a meeting Tuesday picked Howard over former President Bill Clinton and Donna Brazile, who managed Al Gore's presidential campaign.

The hunt to replace current DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who was elected chairman in February 2001, has not been without potential candidates. Besides Clinton, Dean and Brazile, the list includes former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.

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