Michigan Dems Kicked to Curb in Denver

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Associated Press

Michigan Democrats no longer can count on getting hotel rooms at their national convention in Denver.

The Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee last month stripped Michigan of its 156 national convention delegates as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules. State party officials had until Saturday to come up with an alternative to the Jan. 15 contest, but declined to do so.

That decision caused the DNC to informally tell state Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer that the party no longer has reservations at the Red Lion Hotel Denver Central during the Aug. 25-28 convention, state party spokesman Jason Moon said Monday.

"We think that those hotel rooms will be given back to us," Moon added.

Brewer has said he expects the eventual Democratic nominee to seat delegations from Michigan and Florida, which also has been stripped of its delegates by the Rules Committee.

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