Candidates Quote by Jim Hunt

The Democratic Party structure is keenly aware of who makes our party strong.

— Leah D. Daughtry

As a Democratic member of Congress, I have a vote at the Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate.

— Dan Lipinski

“Running like an incumbent from the outset, Hillary had geared her whole campaign toward depriving any other Democrat of the institutional support necessary to…

— Jonathan Allen

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election…

— Rudy Giuliani

“The primary elections are the cornerstones of the plebiscitary presidency. They strip away the veneer of party unity and expose the individuality of each…

— Stephen Skowronek

There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the official Democratic…

— Robert Reich

Typically, the view of party leaders is that primaries are best avoided. Better to coalesce around a consensus candidate early, help that candidate amass…

— Steve Kornacki

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win…

— Mark Penn

Originally, the main purpose of the convention was to determine who the party would have as the presidential nominee and the vice-presidential nominee.

— Tom Brokaw

The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly…

— Pat Sajak

I'd say the most important criteria is vision. What is your vision for the party? Do you have a vision to strengthen the grassroots…

— Keith Ellison

Vision and the ability to mobilize and inspire people at the grassroots. That's what the most important criteria is going to be for any…

— Keith Ellison