The race was significant, because it pitted against each other two principal Democratic factions.

The Green party at this time was divided in "fundamental" and "democratic" factions.

For at least one man, the problems evident among the democratic factions provide undiluted pleasure.

In every other known case when cities were betrayed to an Athenian army, it was by a democratic faction.

Politics can be a bruising business here, with often-warring Democratic factions fighting among themselves.

The second group was the democratic faction, for whom the king could no longer be trusted, represented by the new members of the Jacobin club.

Primarily social democratic, but with a democratic socialist faction, the party has a strong working class identity.

The unanimous spin: The democratic factions are still too divided to unseat him.

While in Charleston, he tried to make a compromise between the two Democratic factions, but his attempts failed.

Both Democratic factions support a bill, to be introduced in January, that would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour from the current $5.15.