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D.N.C. Aims to Push Biden Toward Nomination Next Week, Despite Doubts [1]

['Lisa Lerer', 'Reid J. Epstein', 'Maggie Haberman']

Date: 2024-07-16

Leaders of the Democratic National Committee are moving swiftly to confirm President Biden as his party’s presidential nominee by the end of July, according to four people briefed on the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss the sensitive deliberations.

The move would formalize Mr. Biden as the nominee at a moment when Democrats are torn over whether he should run again after his poor debate performance.

Since May, he has been set to be confirmed through a virtual roll call, weeks before the Democratic National Convention in August.

But as Mr. Biden faces persistent doubts from within his party, some delegates involved with the behind-the-scenes bureaucratic process are eager to end the public conversations about his future that are unfolding during a fiercely contested campaign.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/dnc-biden-nominee.html

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