Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Kirk and Ickes drop out of the DNC race

The AP reports:

Former Clinton aide Harold Ickes and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk let top Democrats know Tuesday that they won't be running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Kirk, who made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate in 1982, wrote a letter to DNC members Tuesday saying he would not run, but was endorsing fellow Texan Martin Frost, a former congressman.

"Martin is ... a winning strategist, innovative grassroots organizer and tough, disciplined spokesperson," Kirk said in his letter.

Ickes, a longtime Democratic activist, also let party members know he would not be running.
For more background on the race, visit Jerome's Cattle Call over at MyDD.com.

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