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DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The meeting will be at the Gladstone Inn & Suites.
"I put my heart and soul into the Democratic Party and just came to the conclusion that I can't be active anymore," Mark Haugen said. "We just needed to part our ways and go in different directions."
The meeting will be March 18.
"It's kind of an HR matter so I'm apprehensive about providing details as there is a process that is ongoing," party chairman Patrick Hart said.

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