MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 1 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman John Wahl: * * * Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl released the following statement responding to the Biden Administration's proposal to require so-called COVID vaccine passports to travel, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's implementation of a vaccine passport requirement in New York State: "What the Biden Administration is proposing is quite possibly the biggest federal overre  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSPol) -- The American Studies Association issued the following statement on March 30, 2021, by President Scott Kurashige: * * * "Tony McDade. Breonna Taylor. Manuel Ellis. Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. "I am writing to you in my capacity as president of our organization to lift up these names and speak to the rebellion taking place in our midst across the United States and around the world. I do so in the last month of two tumultuous years during which I have had the ho  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 2 (TNSRep) -- The Carter Center issued the following news release: The Carter Center today issued its final report on Georgia's risk-limiting audit of the November 2020 presidential race, commending the process and saying that it should serve as the basis for increased confidence in the state's electoral system. The report also congratulates election officials for successfully completing the largest hand tally of an election race in U.S. history and for doing an admira  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 1 -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following news: At a headquarters rally in support of election integrity, Chairman David Shafer announced that the Georgia Republican Party had filed a motion to intervene as a co-defendant in lawsuits filed by left-wing groups to overturn the recently enacted Senate Bill 202. "Our principles are clear: We want to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat," Shafer said. "We want every lawful vote counted, every unlawful vote rej  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 1 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today issued a warning to Hoosiers about why it's imperative for Governor Eric Holcomb to keep Indiana's mask mandate: an impending fourth wave of the coronavirus. Indiana was given an advantage through the American Rescue Plan with its investment in vaccine distribution and f  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: The dumpster fire that is the VA GOP nomination fight continues to grow more chaotic as the convention nears. For the second time this week, frontrunner Amanda Chase called the convention "rigged" and threatened to run as an independent. During an interview yesterday, Chase accused Pete Snyder's campaign of rigging the convention and said, "If Pete Snyder is chosen as the nominee, I will probably run as an i  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on March 29, 2021: VA GOP frontrunner Amanda Chase doubled down on her threat to run as an independent in an interview yesterday, setting up a nasty fight for the Trump base from now until November - something sure to doom Republicans' prospects of winning statewide in 2021. Chase reupped her concerns the convention would be "rigged" against her, saying: "If it's not fair, I'll run as an independent." Chase,  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Georgia Republicans are increasingly anxious that "the party's deepening internal divisions" and "Trump's continued influence" will "undermine" their efforts in 2022, including the pivotal Senate race. New reporting from The Hill highlights the "high anxiety" that Trump's impending intervention "could only serve to deepen their losses." Unfortunately for nervous Republicans, "there's little do  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following transcript by Chair Jaime Harrison of an interview on MSNBC's American Voices with Alicia Menendez and on MSNBC's Morning Joe: In interviews last night on MSNBC's American Voices with Alicia Menendez and this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison spoke out against the Republican Party's assault on voting rights and highlighted how the Democratic Party is going to do everything in its power to fight  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: Presidential candidates raised and spent $4.1 billion in the 24 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. Congressional candidates collected approximately $4 billion and disbursed approximately $3.8 billion, political parties received $3.2 billion and spent near  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following news: Chairman David Shafer responded to the statement made by Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr.'s statement that the 2021 All-Star Game will no longer be held in Atlanta. "From their offices in New York, a place with some of the most restrictive absentee and early voting ballot laws in the country, Major League Baseball has announced that they are moving the upcoming All-Star Game to another  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections issued the following testimony by Marcia Johnson-Blanco, co-director of the Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot" on April 1, 2021: My name is Marcia Johnson-Blanco and I am the Co-Director of the Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ("Lawyers' C  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections issued the following testimony by Debo P. Adegbile, partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot" on April 1, 2021: * * * My name is Debo P. Adegbile. I am here in my personal capacity as a citizen and as a voting rights litigator for several decades, not in any other capacity. Thank you for inviting me to testi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 3 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Building on efforts that ensured the safe and active participation in the 2020 elections, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 1871 into law today to establish permanent ballot drop boxes and allow curbside voting across Illinois for early voting or on Election Day. The new law codifies safety measures that were implemented ahead of the 2020 general election, allowing residents to safely exercise their   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 3 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today pointed out the dismissal the Indiana Republican supermajority at the Statehouse gave Governor Eric Holcomb after he called for Hoosiers to use "personal responsibility" once the state lifted all COVID-19 restrictions across Indiana. In fact, it took less than a day for Statehouse Republi  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * In response to surfaced video of Michigan Republican Party Chair and University of Michigan Regent Ron Weiser calling Governor Whitmer, Attorney General Nessel, and Secretary of State Benson "witches" that need to be "soften[ed] up" and made "ready for the burning at the stake," while also mentioning "assassination" as an option for dealing with elected officials, Michigan Democratic Party Chair   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Michigan's Lieutenant Governor, Garlin Gilchrist, is making very serious claims of racism without providing specifics, which is extremely irresponsible and damaging to the national conversation on race. Gilchrist made several public appearances, including television interviews, where he labeled Republican election reform efforts as voter suppression and some sort of nefarious plot against the Black community  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 31 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news: As Republicans in Georgia were passing sweeping voter suppression bills, North Carolina Republicans' "hysteria about alleged voter fraud was on full display." Editorials from the News & Observer and the Durham Herald Sun highlight how the NC GOP feeds off of their election fraud fantasies to undermine trust in democracy, "propping up election integrity as an excuse" to continue pushing bills that  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 2 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following news: New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement applauding Governor Chris Sununu for directing Granite State schools back to full-time, in-person schooling 5 days a week: "Governor Chris Sununu has put students and families first by getting our Granite State students back to classrooms full-time," said NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek. "As we con  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 1 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement: * * * New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement regarding Senator Tom Sherman's unwarranted attacks on New Hampshire's vaccination progress: "Shame on State Senator Tom Sherman for once again prioritizing low-risk, out-of-state college students over vulnerable Granite State residents. The process for getting a vaccine in New Hampshire   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 (TNSPol) -- Progress Florida issued the following Q&A with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Ron DeSantis and Matt Gaetz have been close friends and allies since their time in Congress together. Below are 12 questions Progress Florida and Florida Watch have for DeSantis about the scandal and accusations swirling around Gaetz. Matt Gaetz managed your transition team when you were elected governor. He has called you "the best governor in America" and has said you will be t  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined CQ Roll Call's "Future" podcast this week to discuss the future of the Republican Party, the House Democrat agenda, and other news of the day. Listen to the full episode here (https://www.rollcall.com/podcast/cq-future/), and see excerpts below: On what the Republican Party needs to do to win in the future: "I think this is actual  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 1 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news: Last week, four of the five candidates for the Democrat gubernatorial nomination realized that the platform they've built over the last four years is one that won't support their weight. Rattled by an exceptionally strong field of Republican candidates, they rolled out their timeworn talking points in a weak effort to distract voter attention from the failures of the Northam-McAuliffe administration over   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following statement on April 2, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement: "The leadership of Georgia's Republican Party is out of control and Georgia is hemorrhaging business and jobs because of their disastrous new Jim Crow voting law. "The Governor and the legislature are deliberately making it harder for Black voters to vote. They know it. "Everybody knows it and this egregious and immoral ass  more

WOBURN, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons issued the following statement today after a recount of last March's election for Second Suffolk Republican State Committeewoman saw totals that dwarfed the count confirmed by the Boston Election Department more than a year ago: "What does it say about the Boston Election Department that a year after certifying just 40 write-in votes spread across t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: Prominent members of the Texas GOP participated in a rally at the border last week with far-right hate group founder and Capitol insurrectionist Steward Rhodes. At a "We the People Stand for Border Security" rally on March 26 in Laredo, in which several prominent Texas Republicans participated, Republican Party of Texas Chair Allen West gave a fear-mongering speech at the border. Later, the microphone was passed to  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSPol) -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: Campaign Legal Center Action (CLCA) and Common Cause Georgia filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that during the lead up to the Georgia Senate runoff elections, the Georgia Republican Party illegally coordinated with True the Vote. In December 2020, True the Vote, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, stated that it had received a request from the Georgi  more