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before 2002. Verdonk was generally seen to be representative to the conservative and populist wing of the VVD. She has proposed cutting taxes and has appealed to the entrepreneurial spirit. She was known as 'Iron Rita', for her stances on immigration and integration and her steadfast politics. She
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An independent committee oversaw the elections. 28,788 people voted in this election, which was 74% of the eligible VVD members. They voted mostly by telephone and via
Internet. The full results were presented on May 31, 2006, in Hotel Okura in Amsterdam, where it was announced that Mark Rutte
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and a management consultant. In parliament she has been a backbencher. She entered the race when only Rutte was candidate, claiming that without a counter-candidate, the race would be a sham. She entered the race without consulting the party board, though she did consult her husband. She was
250:. The VVD leadership had consciously campaigned in the municipal election on a national ticket. The party however did not reach the set goal of 15% of the votes and actually lost 1.5% of the votes. To fill his position of political leader of the VVD, an internal election was scheduled.
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and was backed by many individual VVD members. Verdonk entered politics in 2003, when she became minister, she had only been member of the VVD for three years, she had been active within the
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was last to put forth her candidacy, after a lot of attention from the media. Her candidacy was not backed by the VVD leadership. She was often polled as the most popular minister within the
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was the first to put forth his candidacy. His candidacy was backed by the VVD leadership, including the party board. Rutte was the former chairman of the VVD's youth organisation, the
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obtained 51.5% of the vote and won the election. Rita
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2006 People's Party for
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591:"Een uitgekiende mediaweek van Rita Verdonk"
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593:(in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 4 April 2006
1209:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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474:Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy
183:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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613:"Frits Bolkestein steunt Rita Verdonk"
543:Member of the House of Representatives
503:since 2003. Before that she worked as
501:Member of the House of Representatives
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382:Minister for Integration, Immigration
317:Member of the House of Representatives
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635:"Mark Rutte nieuwe lijsttrekker VVD"
242:and announced that he would not be
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1214:2006 elections in the Netherlands
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229:2006 municipal elections
528:and had voted for the
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151:Leader before election
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480:. In 2002 he became
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1157:Telders Foundation
535:Kay van der Linden
496:Jelleke Veenendaal
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384:and Asylum Affairs
270:Former position(s)
232:Jozias van Aartsen
217:Jelleke Veenendaal
191:Jozias van Aartsen
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397:Hans Wiegel
324:Gerrit Zalm
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125:Percentage
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93:Mark Rutte
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671:25 August
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261:Candidate
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