Mr. David Erdman

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  www.charlotte.com/news/story/475454.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2008    Last Visited: 2/3/2008  

  Mackey's winning votes should not be counted, challengers argued, because county party chairman David Erdman failed to force members to follow party rules.
  
  Erdman conceded that he hadn't appointed acting chairs in each precinct or called for special organizing meetings.He said he relaxed the party's rules to bring more precinct workers into the fold to help Rep.
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  Erdman said the rules had stifled his efforts and that his own precinct may not have been organized properly.But he didn't believe Mackey or his opponent, Chief Deputy Chipp Bailey, had an unfair advantage after he relaxed the rules.Bailey's precinct organizing before the election was rarely mentioned Saturday, even though some precincts he organized also came under scrutiny.
  
  "We admit what we've done, but we don't admit that we've done wrong," Erdman said."We did the best we could."
  
  State Democratic chairman Jerry Meek testified that if Erdman failed to fulfill any of those requirements, the votes from precincts formed under those rules shouldn't be counted.
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  In more than two hours before the council, Erdman said county Democrats made mistakes but defended the way precincts formed and met.
  
  "I do not know if these (organizing) rules ever have been forcefully enforced," he said."This county heretofore operated on the honor system."
  
  Erdman said that system allowed anyone who wanted to organize a precinct to do so.But he added that "would not tolerate" improperly organized precincts.

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  Published on: 12/20/2007    Last Visited: 2/9/2008  

  In an interview this week, Mecklenburg County Democratic Party Chairman David Erdman said he suspects the election results will stand.
  
  "I think the state party will look and say, 'Man, you guys didn't do chapter x, verse y, and look down here, you didn't do chapter x, verse z correctly either,'" Erdman said."However, I don't believe the state party will overturn the election."
  
  The state party, he said, can criticize the election process and point out errors without nullifying the results.
  
  Whatever the state party decides, Erdman said his hope is that the local Democrat Party will eventually be able to "put forth a highly-qualified, deserving candidate for a position of public trust, and that the commissioners will pick that person to be our next sheriff."
  
  Erdman, though, wouldn't elaborate on whether he thought Mackey should be that person.
  
  "We don't know enough about Mr. Mackey to make a decision about his qualifications," Erdman said.

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  Published on: 11/17/2007    Last Visited: 11/18/2007  

  David Erdman, the Democratic Party's chairman, would not say specifically how he thinks news of Mackey's troubles will affect the election.He did say he expected the information "will be weighed as important."

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  Published on: 12/5/2007    Last Visited: 12/5/2007  

  Cannon, a former Democrat-turned-independent, joined a Monday news conference that criticized party Chairman David Erdman for launching background checks on Bailey and Mackey.
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  Mecklenburg Democratic Chairman David Erdman said Wednesday his board decided not to release results of a three-day "fact-finding" investigation.

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  Published on: 1/19/2008    Last Visited: 1/19/2008  

  Party chairman David Erdman says the party is likely to wait for the state panel's ruling and maybe for precinct meetings scheduled for March.

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  Published on: 5/11/2007    Last Visited: 5/11/2007  

  David Erdman, newly elected chairman of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party, will speak to the Uptown Democratic Forum on Thursday.

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  Published on: 4/22/2007    Last Visited: 4/22/2007  

  Erdman elected chairman of Mecklenburg Democratic Party
  
  David Erdman, a 57-year old lawyer from Charlotte who once was appointed to the Charlotte City Council, was elected chairman of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party on Saturday.Erdman, who replaced Michael Evans, said his goal over the next two years will be to get North Carolina to vote for the next Democratic presidential candidate.
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  Erdman said he supported and donated money to former N.C. Sen.
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  Erdman said his other goals would be to put the county's Democratic Party on a sound financial footing and to raise the national political profile of Mecklenburg. -- Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

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  Published on: 12/6/2007    Last Visited: 2/9/2008  

  In yet another twist, Mecklenburg Democratic Party Chairman David Erdman has also requested Mackey and Bailey to allow a fact-finding committee of party activists to review their personnel files.

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  Published on: 11/14/2007    Last Visited: 2/2/2008  

  "It would take a graceful retirement on the part of Pat McCrory," says David Erdman, chairman of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party.
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  Perhaps, Erdman says, Earle could have drawn sharper distinctions between herself and the mayor if she'd had more time to campaign.
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  "This is a complete reversal from two years ago," Erdman said.
  
  So how do Democrats take on McCrory next time, assuming he runs for an eighth term in 2009?
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  "When that retirement comes, there will be an all-out effort by both parties to win the mayorship, and the Democrats will be in there swinging hard," Erdman says.

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  www.charlotte.com/112/story/77112.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/7/2007    Last Visited: 4/8/2007  

  Look for Charlotte lawyer David Erdman to become the new chairman of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party this month.Erdman, 57, is poised to succeed Michael Evans, who's stepping down after four years.
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  Erdman has been active in the party for years.In 1999, he was appointed to a vacancy on the Charlotte City Council and served 105 days.
  
  His election would come a month after Mecklenburg County Republicans chose their new chairman, Charlotte real estate broker Lee Teague. -- jim morrill

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