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Now that Hillary Clinton is officially in the presidential race, liberal groups are vowing to keep pushing Clinton to adopt a more progressive message.

Shortly after her video announcement, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee released its own video using Clinton's own words: "I'm not just beginning a campaign though, I'm beginning a conversation. So let's talk. Let's chat. Let's start a dialogue about your ideas and mine."

The video goes on to call on Clinton to adopt a "bold" campaign platform adopting progressive, populist ideas.

Clinton's official candidacy has done little to deter populist progressives, especially those who have been working to persuade Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to join the race. Instead, these activists say they see Clinton's candidacy as a critical moment in the 2016 presidential contest.

"Ready for Warren will be stepping up our efforts to convince Warren to run for president," said Erica Sagrans, the campaign manager for outside group Ready For Warren. "With the 2016 race officially underway, we anticipate more Americans expressing their desire for a vigorous Democratic primary with Elizabeth Warren in it a primary that would strengthen the eventual nominee, ensure Democrats are better positioned to win the general election, and give working families a champion in Washington."

While many progressives won't publicly criticize Clinton, they believe Warren, who has rallied against Wall Street and excessive money in politics, would be well-suited as a fighter for the poor and the middle class.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was elected on a progressive platform and is also Clinton's former campaign manager, said he is holding out endorsing her until he sees "an actual vision of where they want to go."

Warren, meanwhile, has said many times that she is not running for president. Last week, she turned down an offer of a million dollars from television host Bill Maher if she jumped in the race.

Still, Warren's supporters are continuing to organize in the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Ben Wikler, Washington director of Moveon.org and the Run Warren Run campaign, said 12 staff members in the two states are creating "the apparatus so that when she does announce she hits the ground running."

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With Clinton In, Progressives Ramp Up Pressure

The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have accused each other of being behind the violence that erupted in Ile Ife after the House of Assembly election on Saturday.

The Director of Publicity of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday that the violence in Ife and Ilase was caused by the PDP.

He said that supporters of the PDP, which won two seats in the Osun State House of Assembly, had been venting their anger on members of the APC, whose party won 24 seats out of 26 available.

But the Secretary of the PDP in the state, Mr. Bola Ajao, when contacted on the telephone, denied the allegation.

Ajao said that the PDP was not known to be troublemakers, saying the APC would attack and kill and would be the first to rush to the press to accuse the PDP.

The APC statement read, All Progressives Congress in the State of Osun has called on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to prevail on its partys Osun chapter to stop forthwith, the killings going on in Ile Ife and Ilase in the Obokun Local Government Area of the state.

Violence and murder are crimes against humanity and society and they are not tolerated in a democratic setting.

If Osun PDP leadership and their supporters have any issue or objection to the outcome of last Saturdays election, the lawful and civilised thing to do is to seek redress from the election tribunal.

However, the PDP secretary challenged the APC to name the PDP members who perpetrated the crimes.

He said, We need to ask the APC if those who engaged in the violence wore PDP clothes. How did he know that they were supporters of the PDP?

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Osun APC, PDP trade blame over post-election violence

The All Progressives Congress has blamed Saturdays inconclusive governorship election in Imo State on the State Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Director of the Rochas Okorocha Campaign Organisation, Mr. Iheukwumere Alaribe, made this known while speaking with journalists in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday.

Alaribe accused INEC of colluding with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to declare the election inconclusive, in spite of overwhelming evidence that the APC won in Imo.

He said, It is clear that the APC had the advantage of more than 79,000 votes over the PDP. We had the advantage of geographical spread, too and we were able to secure 25 per cent of the votes in all the local government areas in the state.

Alaribe argued that though, there was evidence that the people of Imo voted massively for the APC, it was shocking that the INEC conspired with the PDP to prevent voters in some parts of the state the right to perform their civic responsibility on Election Day.

Declaring that election did not take place in all the three LGAs in Mbaise land and results were also manipulated in Oru East as well as Ezinihitte, he noted that the governorship poll was inconclusive because of the connivance between INEC and the PDP.

He called on the Police and other law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations of election malpractices against the Commission and the opposition party in Imo.

Regarding the current status of the election, he said, Although INEC has not officially communicated to us, we are prepared to submit ourselves for the run-off election. But, we want to be sure that it will be free and fair. If INEC had done the proper thing, the run-off would have been avoided.

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APC blames INEC for Imo gov inconclusive election

The All Progressives Congress has blamed Saturdays inconclusive governorship election in Imo State on the State Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Director of the Rochas Okorocha Campaign Organisation, Barrister Iheukwumere Alaribe, made this known in a meeting with journalists in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday.

Alaribe accused INEC of colluding with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to declare the election inconclusive, in spite of overwhelming evidence that the APC won in Imo.

He said, It is clear that the APC had the advantage of more than 79,000 votes over the PDP. We had the advantage of geographical spread too and we were able to secure 25 per cent of the votes in all the local government areas in the state.

He said though there was evidence that the people of Imo voted massively for the APC, it was shocking that the INEC conspired with the PDP to prevent voters in some parts of the state the right to perform their civic responsibility on election day.

Declaring that election did not take place in all the three LGAs in Mbaise land and results were also manipulated in Oru East, as well as Ezinihitte, Alaribe noted that the governorship election was inconclusive because of the connivance between INEC and the PDP.

He called on the Police and other law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations of election malpractice against the Commission and the opposition party in Imo.

Regarding the current status of the election, he said, Although INEC has not officially communicated to us, we are prepared to submit ourselves for the run-off election. But, we want to be sure that it will be free and fair. If INEC had done the proper thing, the run-off would have been avoided.

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APC blames inconclusive Imo gov election on INEC

Preliminary results from across the country indicate that the All Progressives Congress might win 18 or 19 of 29 states where governorship election held Saturday.

On the other hand, the Peoples Democratic Party might win in 10 or 11 states.

Our projection suggests that the opposition All Progressives Congress, which won the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, will prevail in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kwara states.

Others are Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Sokoto Yobe States and Zamfara states.

By that likely outcome, the PDP appears set to lose Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina and Kebbi to the APC.

The PDP on the other hand will most likely win in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Plateau, Rivers and Taraba states.

Imo is difficult to call for any of the parties at this time. Results so far released put the APC ahead, but the PDP may spring a surprise at the end of collation.

If the final outcome of the election stands that way, the APC will be in control of 20 states when two of its states Edo and Osun where governorship election did not hold Saturday, are added.

The party will also nominate the federal minister who will govern the federal capital, Abuja.

On the other hand, the PDP will be in control in 15 states, given that it is presently the ruling party in Ondo, Ekiti, Bayelsa and Kogi states, where governorship election did not hold Saturday.

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