Museum teas have become quite the rage as well as proven fund-raising events.
They would want someone who is a proven fund-raiser; political analysts estimate that the special election may require $1 million, which would have to be raised quickly.
Compounding that problem is that many of the party's most proven fund-raisers are unable to help raise money for the Forrester campaign.
In his announcement about Ms. Dennison, he said, "She has a rare combination of curatorial expertise, managerial skills and proven fund-raising ability".
Raising money will be perhaps the biggest issue for challengers, as Ms. Gillibrand is a proven fund-raiser with a wide network of contributors.
Just a few months ago, Mr. Perry entered the race as a potential front-runner, a proven fund-raiser and three-term governor of the country's second-largest state.
Mr. Järvi brings a reputation as an orchestra builder and proven fund-raiser who is widely credited with revitalizing the Detroit orchestra, which he has led since 1989, and where he will remain through the 2004-05 season.
Both Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Frost are veteran campaigners and proven fund-raisers, but several Democrats said they believed the telegenic and personable Ms. Pelosi represents a chance to develop a new image of the party.
WASHINGTON - IN a year when Democrats in Washington need as much campaign cash as they can scrape together to try take back control of the House of Representatives, the little-publicized primary race in New Jersey's 13th Congressional District threatens to dry up the tens of millions of dollars collected by two Democratic candidates with proven fund-raising abilities.
His postwar popularity and proven fund-raising prowess have led some Republicans to predict that he and Vice President Cheney could raise as much as $200 million for their campaign, twice the record-setting $100 million Mr. Bush raised for his race in 2000.
The Home Office is proving funding to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime for the operation, with the total standing at £7.9 million to date, according to figures released following a freedom of information request.
