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Apr 4, 2008 3:02 pm US/Eastern

Michigan Dems Shoot Down Do-Over Primary

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Florida, Michigan Delegate Debacle

LANSING, Mich. (AP) ― Michigan Democrats are not going to hold a do-over presidential primary.

The official decision came Friday in a statement from the state party's executive committee. The state party officials say "it is not practical" to conduct a party-run primary or caucus as a way to get the state's delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention this summer.

Michigan and Florida were stripped of their convention delegates for moving up their primaries in defiance of party rules.

Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Jan. 15 Michigan primary. Rival Barack Obama had pulled his name from the ballot.

Michigan Democrats hope the campaigns can agree on a way to split Michigan's delegates so they can be seated at the Aug. 25-28 convention.

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: Michigan voters go to the polls to vote in the Michigan primary at a polling precinct January 15, 2008 in Warren, Michigan.
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