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Idaho Democratic Party Chair Issues Statement: Serving the People Must Come First This Session
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 10 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2026, by Chair Lauren Necochea:
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A Message from the Chair: Serving the People Must Come First This Session
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Every legislative session, Idaho lawmakers make decisions that shape the quality of your neighborhood school, whether rural hospitals can keep their doors open, and the cost of putting a roof over your family's head.
Idaho Democrats are entering this session guided by a simple principle: Idahoans who put in the work should have the financial stability to cover necessities like rent or
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BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 10 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2026, by Chair Lauren Necochea:
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A Message from the Chair: Serving the People Must Come First This Session
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Every legislative session, Idaho lawmakers make decisions that shape the quality of your neighborhood school, whether rural hospitals can keep their doors open, and the cost of putting a roof over your family's head.
Idaho Democrats are entering this session guided by a simple principle: Idahoans who put in the work should have the financial stability to cover necessities like rent ora mortgage, food, utilities, and child care. Our leaders should be working to make life more manageable today and more secure for the coming generation.
If legislators are serious about serving Idaho families, here's where they should begin.
First, clean up the budget mess the supermajority created.
Since 2020, Idaho has lost about $4 billion in revenue due to legislative income tax changes, including about $450 million in reckless revenue cuts last year alone. This includes $50 million in vouchers that subsidize private and religious school tuition with little to no accountability. Now, we face whopping deficits and damaging cuts have already been made to mental health services, law enforcement, and higher education.
Idaho cannot afford this voucher scheme, and lawmakers must reverse some of the income tax cuts favoring the wegalthy to keep our budget balanced.
Second, defend Medicaid expansion.
Idaho voters enacted Medicaid expansion through a ballot initiative with 61% support. It helps working Idahoans get care before they hit a crisis and stabilizes rural hospitals, while injecting billions into the state economy and generating 9,362 jobs.
GOP leaders plan to attack Medicaid expansion again this year. We must beat them back.
Third, take home affordability seriously.
Housing costs are the fastest growing burden on Idaho families. Too many Idahoans are working full time and still cannot afford a place to live. Teachers, nurses, firefighters, and service workers are being priced out of the towns they keep running.
Idaho Democrats have pushed for real investments in workforce housing. This session, lawmakers should invest resources, support communities building starter homes and rental units at affordable price points, and stop pretending this problem will magically solve itself.
Fourth, protect education.
The GOP has already cut postsecondary education and wants to kill our LAUNCH scholarships. Now the far right is calling for cuts to our cash-strapped K-12 schools. This will hurt our future workforce and the next generation.
Finally, keep the focus where it belongs and reject culture war distractions.
We don't need lists of people to hate and policies to make their lives harder. This helps no one. This session should be about economic opportunity so that every working family can succeed.
The legislative session is the people's work. Idaho Democrats will keep fighting to make sure the people and their priorities are the focus.
Onward,
Lauren Necochea
Idaho Democratic Party Chair
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Original text here: https://idahodems.org/a-message-from-the-chair-serving-the-people-must-come-first-this-session/
Maria Elvira Salazar Named One of Florida's Top 10 "Political Car Wrecks"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Maria Elvira Salazar Named One of Florida's Top 10 "Political Car Wrecks"
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This week, Florida Politics named Salazar the #9 most cringeworthy "political car wreck" in the entire Sunshine State thanks to her constant flip-flopping and failure to stand up for Miami-Dade's immigrant communities.
For years, Salazar openly cheerleaded Donald Trump's immigration agenda, only to now "[recoil] as the Trump administration does precisely what it said it would do."
"Salazar is discovering
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Maria Elvira Salazar Named One of Florida's Top 10 "Political Car Wrecks"
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This week, Florida Politics named Salazar the #9 most cringeworthy "political car wreck" in the entire Sunshine State thanks to her constant flip-flopping and failure to stand up for Miami-Dade's immigrant communities.
For years, Salazar openly cheerleaded Donald Trump's immigration agenda, only to now "[recoil] as the Trump administration does precisely what it said it would do."
"Salazar is discoveringwhat happens when you enthusiastically help build the Face-Eating Leopards Party," Florida Politics says.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus :
"Maria Elvira Salazar tried to have it both ways, and now she's finding out that Floridians aren't falling for her desperate attempts to save face, and they will vote her out of office next November."
Read the full piece on Salazar's hypocrisy below:
Florida Politics: A dozen Florida political car wrecks you won't be able to avoid in 2026
No. 9: Maria Elvira Salazar
* Maria Elvira Salazar is discovering what happens when you enthusiastically help build the Face-Eating Leopards Party.
* For years, Salazar was reliably pro-Trump on immigration, border security, and the broader enforcement-first posture that played well among Republican Primary voters and conservative media. Now she's recoiling as the Trump administration does precisely what it said it would do.
* Suddenly, Salazar is heartbroken. She's issuing letters. She's posting videos. She's reintroducing her long-stalled "Dignity Act." She's pleading for mercy for Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who make up the backbone of her Miami-Dade district. And yet, when it mattered, she lined up with the very administration now torching the immigration framework she claims to defend.
* The result is a politician who finds herself "entre la espada y la pared." Democrats accuse her of performative outrage. Immigration hardliners see weakness in apostasy. Hispanic voters, meanwhile, are watching friends and family members get swept up in enforcement actions.
* Would it be shocking if she drew a serious Primary challenge from her right or found herself in a General Election dogfight fueled by collapsing Hispanic support? Do leopards eat faces?
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/maria-elvira-salazar-named-one-of-floridas-top-10-political-car-wrecks/
LOL. Donald Trump is Expectation Setting on GOP Midterm Outlook
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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LOL. Donald Trump is Expectation Setting on GOP Midterm Outlook
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Trump to Hannity: "If you go back a long way, the sitting president, whether Democrat or Republican, always loses the midterm"
As the public turns against the disastrous House Republican agenda and House Democrats rack up key legislative victories, including extending the ACA tax credits and releasing the Epstein files, Donald Trump is setting low midterm expectations to MAGA-coded media.
"If you go back a long
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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LOL. Donald Trump is Expectation Setting on GOP Midterm Outlook
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Trump to Hannity: "If you go back a long way, the sitting president, whether Democrat or Republican, always loses the midterm"
As the public turns against the disastrous House Republican agenda and House Democrats rack up key legislative victories, including extending the ACA tax credits and releasing the Epstein files, Donald Trump is setting low midterm expectations to MAGA-coded media.
"If you go back a longway, the sitting president, whether it's Democrat or Republican, always loses the midterm. [...] They always seem to lose the midterm. There is something down deep psychologically with the voters that they want maybe a check or something?"
As the economy continues to tank and costs rise under his watch, the American public are souring on Trump and Republican's leadership, with recent polling showing that the public's approval of their handling of the economy is at its lowest rating. Things have gotten so bad that even Donald Trump's top aides, including the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, are questioning Trump's lackluster focus on domestic issues ahead of the midterm election, according to a new report from Reuters.
DCCC Spokesperson Justin Chermol :
"Democrats will take back the House this year. Even Donald Trump, the real speaker, and his top advisers know the GOP is destined for doom."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/%f0%9f%a4%a6-lol-donald-trump-is-expectation-setting-on-gop-midterm-outlook/
Juan Ciscomani Votes AGAINST Extending ACA Subsidies Despite Previously "Issuing Dire Warnings" If They Expire [Arizona Republic]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Juan Ciscomani Votes AGAINST Extending ACA Subsidies Despite Previously "Issuing Dire Warnings" If They Expire [Arizona Republic]
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Ciscomani, one month ago: "Doing nothing is not an option"
For months, Juan Ciscomani has been warning of " massive " consequences and " real harm " for Arizonans if Congress fails to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. He even went so far to say that " doing nothing is not an option."
Then, his Republican Party bosses came calling.
Last
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Juan Ciscomani Votes AGAINST Extending ACA Subsidies Despite Previously "Issuing Dire Warnings" If They Expire [Arizona Republic]
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Ciscomani, one month ago: "Doing nothing is not an option"
For months, Juan Ciscomani has been warning of " massive " consequences and " real harm " for Arizonans if Congress fails to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. He even went so far to say that " doing nothing is not an option."
Then, his Republican Party bosses came calling.
Lastnight, Ciscomani sided with GOP leadership and voted AGAINST a bipartisan proposal to extend the ACA subsidies. The day before, he even tried - and failed - to block the measure from coming to the House floor for a vote.
As the Arizona Republic points out, Ciscomani "relies heavily on campaign money from party leaders," receiving "well over a half-million dollars" from his Republican party bosses in the first 9 months of 2025.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly :
"Juan Ciscomani has made clear he's too much of a coward to stand up to the Republican Party bosses who fund his campaign - even when thousands of his own constituents will lose their health care. Arizonans will hold Ciscomani accountable this November."
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
Arizona Republic: How Arizona's GOP House members voted on health-care subsidies
* Ciscomani... warned of "massive" consequences for Arizonans if the health subsidies were allowed to expire.
* "Doing nothing is not an option," he wrote in a Dec. 4 news release.
* But as negotiations progressed, Ciscomani proved reluctant to use his leverage to advance the issue.
* Several members of Congress, including two Republicans, introduced discharge petitions that would force a vote on various proposals to extend the subsidies. Ciscomani didn't sign on to any of them, even as dozens of his GOP colleagues did.
* In December, four Republicans joined Democrats to force a vote on the three-year extension proposal, undermining GOP leadership. Ciscomani did not sign on.
* Ciscomani voted against bringing the three-year extension proposal to a vote on the House floor on Jan. 7, and then, the next day, voted against the bill.
* Widely seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbents in Congress, Ciscomani relies heavily on campaign money from party leaders. He received well over a half-million dollars from national GOP fundraising committees in the first nine months of 2025, his campaign finance disclosures show.
* Expiration of the subsidies caused millions of Americans' health insurance premiums to spike at the beginning of the year.
* Without the subsidies, the average annual premium for ACA marketplace enrollees is expected to roughly double, rising to $1,904 in 2026 from $888 in 2025, according to the nonpartisan health policy research group KFF.
* Enrollment in ACA plans doubled in Arizona after the tax credits went into effect in 2022.
* Hospital systems also are bracing for sweeping Medicaid cuts included in the Republican-led federal budget passed earlier this year, a reform that Senate Democrats calculated would cause about 193,000 Arizonans to lose their coverage.
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/juan-ciscomani-votes-against-extending-aca-subsidies-despite-previously-issuing-dire-warnings-if-they-expire-arizona-republic/
Jon Husted Poses for Photo Op Instead of Lowering Costs for Ohioans
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 9 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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NEW: Jon Husted Poses for Photo Op Instead of Lowering Costs for Ohioans
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Brags About Bill Cutting Health Care for 490,000 Ohioans
Columbus, Ohio Today, Jon Husted traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to pose for a photo op while Ohio families continue to struggle with rising costs. During his visit, Husted bragged about passing the largest tax cut in history for billionaires and corporations while cutting health care for 490,000 Ohioans.
Meanwhile, Husted has refused to help Ohioans struggling with skyrocketing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 9 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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NEW: Jon Husted Poses for Photo Op Instead of Lowering Costs for Ohioans
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Brags About Bill Cutting Health Care for 490,000 Ohioans
Columbus, Ohio Today, Jon Husted traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to pose for a photo op while Ohio families continue to struggle with rising costs. During his visit, Husted bragged about passing the largest tax cut in history for billionaires and corporations while cutting health care for 490,000 Ohioans.
Meanwhile, Husted has refused to help Ohioans struggling with skyrocketinghealth care premiums, grocery prices, and utility bills. Instead, he has dismissed the mounting affordability crisis across the state and told Ohioans to simply " earn more " money.
Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:
"While Jon Husted poses for photo ops, Ohioans are still waiting for relief from skyrocketing health care premiums, grocery prices, and utility bills. Senator Husted has plenty of time to brag about passing tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, but won't lift a finger to help families here in Ohio."
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Original text here: https://ohiodems.org/new-jon-husted-poses-for-photo-op-instead-of-lowering-costs-for-ohioans/
Derek Tran Leads Charge to Increase Public Safety, Support Local Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Derek Tran Leads Charge to Increase Public Safety, Support Local Law Enforcement
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In the latest example of responding directly to the needs of his district, Congressman Derek Tran is leading the effort to ensure local law enforcement have the resources necessary to protect and serve Southern California families.
After recently joining a ride along and speaking directly with deputy sheriffs in his district, Tran urged Los Angeles County officials to make progress on law enforcement
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Derek Tran Leads Charge to Increase Public Safety, Support Local Law Enforcement
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In the latest example of responding directly to the needs of his district, Congressman Derek Tran is leading the effort to ensure local law enforcement have the resources necessary to protect and serve Southern California families.
After recently joining a ride along and speaking directly with deputy sheriffs in his district, Tran urged Los Angeles County officials to make progress on law enforcementcontract negotiations. With the department facing its lowest staffing levels in decades, Tran's advocacy is critical to ensuring law enforcement is equipped to serve the needs of the community.
"We've got to take public safety very seriously...The fact that we cannot, hire, retain these, very important public safety officials, is something that my community wants me to take action on. We have one of the largest police forces out there that's working without a contract. That is scary for me." - Rep. Tran.
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser :
"Congressman Derek Tran has a proven track record of supporting local law enforcement and protecting the safety of Southern California families. He will always step up to fight for the issues that matter most to those he serves, and this is just the latest example of that commitment."
Read more about Tran's work:
Spectrum News: Tran, Kamlager-Dove urge LA Deputy Sheriffs, County to come to contract agreement
* For over 12 months, negotiators from LA County and the ALADS have been trying to reach a contract deal that would run through 2028. The previous contract expired on Jan. 31, 2025, leaving thousands of deputy sheriffs and district attorney investigators without a contract for the last year.
* In a letter... Derek Tran...wrote that "it is imperative that Los Angeles County has a strong police force that is ready and equipped to serve, especially with these high-profile events rapidly approaching" such as the NBA All-Star Weekend and FIFA World cup later this year, Super Bowl LXI in 2027, and the Olympics and Paralympics in 2028.
* "We have some really big events coming to our great city that's going to yield a lot of small business operations that's going to be able to make money. But at the same time, we've got to take public safety very seriously," [Tran] said.
* During the holiday recess, Tran said he spent time doing a ride along with deputy sheriffs in his district, and that the lack of contract was weighing on those he spoke with, particularly with the department struggling to recruit new members of the force.
* "They have over 1500 positions that are left open. That's huge. The fact that we cannot, hire, retain these, very important public safety officials, is something that my community wants me to take action on," said Tran. "We have one of the largest police forces out there that's working without a contract. That is scary for me."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/derek-tran-leads-charge-to-increase-public-safety-support-local-law-enforcement/
DCCC Statement on John Lemondes Dropping Out of The NY-22 Congressional Race
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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DCCC Statement on John Lemondes Dropping Out of The NY-22 Congressional Race
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DCCC spokesperson Riya Vashi released the following statement after far-right extremist John Lemondes announced he's suspending his campaign against Congressman John Mannion:
"John Lemondes saw the writing on the wall and did what Republicans across the country are doing - bailing before voters could reject him. From day one, it was obvious that Central New Yorkers had zero interest in another out-of-touch
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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DCCC Statement on John Lemondes Dropping Out of The NY-22 Congressional Race
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DCCC spokesperson Riya Vashi released the following statement after far-right extremist John Lemondes announced he's suspending his campaign against Congressman John Mannion:
"John Lemondes saw the writing on the wall and did what Republicans across the country are doing - bailing before voters could reject him. From day one, it was obvious that Central New Yorkers had zero interest in another out-of-touchMAGA Republican who wants to raise costs and gut health care. John Mannion's proven record of creating jobs, lowering costs, and improving public safety puts him in a commanding position to win reelection and that's why New York Republicans are scared to run against him."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/dccc-statement-on-john-lemondes-dropping-out-of-the-ny-22-congressional-race/
