Under Mubarak, the national debate was dominated by the ruling (and ironically named) National Democratic Party.
The former national Democratic Party chairman and New York native was a major fundraiser for Bill and Hillary Clinton.
The killings have reheated the debate in Germany as to whether to ban the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).
By now Mr Nkomo had become leader of the National Democratic Party.
Both states were stripped of their delegates by the national Democratic Party after they violated party rules and moved their primaries to January.
Egypt has some 15 legal opposition parties, but most are weightless or thoroughly co-opted by Mr Mubarak's crushingly dominant National Democratic Party (NDP).
Now, on the other side of the aisle, the National Democratic Party and Democrats in Florida are in the midst of a messy breakup.
The ruling National Democratic Party of Mr Mubarak, which dominated every elected body but acted essentially as a state patronage machine, has collapsed in disarray.
In Egypt, for instance, reformist currents have gained prominence within the ruling National Democratic Party, just as they have within ruling families in the Gulf.
He has also had a slightly awkward relationship with the national Democratic Party, though this tells as much about the party as it does about him.
Clinton also won primaries in Florida and Michigan, but those states were stripped of their delegates for moving their primaries up in defiance of the national Democratic Party.
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As his opponent tried to link him to Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, Bowles attempted to strike a level of independence from the national Democratic Party.
The states of Florida and Michigan were stripped of their delegates when they defied the rules of the national Democratic Party and moved up the date of their primaries.
Last year the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) won 9% of the vote in Saxony, giving it seats in a German state assembly for the first time since 1968.
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Well-regarded within the national Democratic Party but less well known in Los Angeles, Mr Becerra is actually the most popular candidate with Latino voters (with about 30% of their vote).
Radical groups like the National Democratic Party (NPD), which the German federal government has unsuccessfully tried to ban, have gained a platform, especially in eastern regions, in recent years, Rodig said.
The only party that can easily fulfil all these criteria is Mr Mubarak's National Democratic Party, which might then choose, for the sake of window-dressing, to endorse a few rival candidates from the handful of weak secular parties.
Second, while the challenger attacks Allen for being too liberal and too closely attached to the national Democratic party's agenda, Allen has made a name for himself championing campaign finance reform and will be able to use all the advantages of incumbency in his re-election bid.
Neither candidate was supposed to campaign, in accordance with the Democratic National Party's wishes.
In 1972, in the United States, five men were arrested for attempting to place bugging equipment at the Democratic Party National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington.
On Friday, Alan Katz, a member of the Democratic National Committee and an Obama supporter, asked Democratic party officials in Tallahassee to sign on to a plan that would allow New York Sen.
But comments by Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, suggested party leaders would not support that position.
With his Telugu Desam party's stunning success in India's recent parliamentary elections, Naidu has become an indispensable component in the 24-party ruling National Democratic Alliance.
Mr Mahama, from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, was Ghana's vice-president until the unexpected death of President John Atta Mills in July catapulted him into office.
Late Friday, national and Minnesota Democratic sources said party and labor officials would reach out to Walter Mondale, the former vice president and senator from Minnesota, about replacing Wellstone on the ballot.
While the ex-Senator has a loyal, grass roots following in Wisconsin, he is not the most popular potential candidate among his old colleagues on The Hill nor with the national financial apparatus of the Democratic Party.
To do so, the South Carolina Democratic Party would need to get permission from the Democratic National Committee.
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If he does, it will probably be under the banner of the main ruling party, the National Democratic Rally.
To add to the union's leverage, the Democratic Party's national convention is due to take place in Los Angeles in August.
As exit polls had indicated, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance won a comfortable majority in India's parliamentary elections.
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