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The New Democrat Network is a United States political group that promotes Democratic candidates. It is led and was founded by Simon Rosenberg in 1996 after his split with the Democratic Leadership Council, for which he worked.
The NDN, like the DLC, is centrist. However, the NDN eschews political orthodoxy when promoting candidates. Additionally, the NDN claims that it uses a more technologically modern and grassroots participatory approach to its activities than the DLC. The NDN, while not supporting or embracing 2004 Democratic presidential primary candidate Howard Dean, has pointed to his online network of small donors, volunteers, and bloggers as the model to emulate for the Democratic Party. The NDN is now challenging the DLC and is becoming an increasingly influential player in the party's politics.
In the 2004 presidential race, the NDN led an effort to turn out Hispanic voters for John Kerry.
In 2004, Rosenberg announced his candidacy for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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