Another front: the struggle for moderate-to-conservative Democrats in the Central Valley and the stretch of the state northeast of San Francisco.

Someone else suggested Senator Sam Nunn, the moderate-to-conservative Democrat from Georgia.

Founded by moderate-to-conservative Democrats, the Progressive Policy Institute is joining the battle of marketing ideas.

But the liberals clearly did not expect that they would meet with such resistance, if not hostility, from moderate-to-conservative Democrats in other parts of the country.

Mr. Payne, a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who was first elected in 1988, made the announcement at a news conference here.

Overall, Nunn was a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who often broke with his party on a host of social and economic issues.

A shaky, fragile coalition of liberal Democrats and moderate-to-conservative Democrats had fitful, occasional control.

Shelby, a moderate-to-conservative Democrat avoided runoff and won nomination in the Democratic Party primary.

He was generally considered as a moderate-to-conservative Democrat.

He did so only a few days after moderate-to-conservative Democrats organized a meeting in Atlanta designed to prevent just that.