Florida Dems keep leader

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Florida Dems keep leader

By WINK News
By The Associated Press

Story Created: Dec 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM EST

Story Updated: Dec 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Karen Thurman will continue leading the Florida Democratic Party after being re-elected to a four-year term.

Thurman was unchallenged Saturday at the party's reorganization meeting in Orlando. The former congresswoman who was first elected
chairwoman in May 2005.

Her re-election comes a month after President-elect Barack Obama won Florida and Democratic candidates defeated two incumbent Republican congressmen.

Party officials presented Thurman with a framed Obama poster signed by Florida's 27 electors.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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