Two years later, he became famous by speaking at the Democratic Party's national nominating convention.

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The Whig party held its presidential nominating convention in Baltimore two weeks after the Democrats.

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When the party held its presidential nominating convention in eighteen eighty-eight, delegates quickly re-nominated Cleveland.

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She will represent the Muslim community at the first-ever interfaith prayer service at a Democratic nominating convention.

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But he is running far behind McCain in delegates to the party's nominating convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, late this summer.

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That could keep him going longer than most of his rivals, and perhaps give him enough delegates to shape August's nominating convention in Tampa.

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