WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As national Republicans prepare to blitz Arizona in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa released the following statement: "Kari Lake is as extreme as they come - from touting Arizona's 1901 abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest to endorsing Donald Trump's Big Lie that incited an attack on our Capitol. It's no surprise that national Republica  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: President Joe Biden puts working Americans first -- whether it's bringing manufacturing jobs back home, making our economy more competitive against China, or lowering health care costs. Yet Republicans have voted against the American worker at every turn. American manufacturing is BOOMING thanks to President Biden's leadership. But 187 House Republicans sided with the Chinese Communist Party and voted ag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The District of Columbia Republican Party issued the following news: The DC Council held the first of two votes on a bill allowing the District' illegal aliens to vote in all local elections. The bill would open the door for noncitizens to vote for mayor, attorney general, DC Council, DC State Board of Education, and Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Patrick Mara, Chairman of the DC Republican Committee, stated, "Only United States Citizens should vote in elections in th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Just weeks after a North Carolina judge ruled to reinstate an abortion ban that criminalizes doctors and people seeking reproductive health care, Tom Cotton is heading to North Carolina to fundraise with the North Carolina Republican Party for conservative judges who could expand their reach into North Carolinians' personal medical decisions. DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa released the following statement   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 3 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release: Georgia Democrats launched canvassing, phone banking, and other voter contact operations to engage and mobilize voters in support of Democratic candidates who will work to move Georgia in the right direction on gun safety and repeal Gov. Brian Kemp's extreme and dangerous gun agenda. Stacey Abrams, Shannon Watts, and Bob Christian, Democratic nominee for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, spoke to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: Americans' views of the two major U.S. political parties remain more negative than positive, but the Republican Party's favorability is now slightly better than the Democratic Party's. Both parties' images have shifted slightly since last year, with the GOP's favorable rating edging up four percentage points to 44% and the Democratic Party's rating slipping by the sa  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 4 (TNSper) -- Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Governor Doug Ducey today announced four appointments to a new board charged with overseeing a bold plan to secure Arizona's water future. The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority board was established this year with Governor Ducey's signing of monumental water legislation, which took effect September 24. "We passed the most significant water legislation in 40 years this year   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSgov) -- United We Dream posted the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released a ruling on Texas v United States against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program and sent it back to Judge Hanen in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas to further decide on the fate of the program. This ruling maintains a stay that will allow for current DACA recipients to continue renewing their applications. The   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Oct. 7 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: According to the most recent High Point University Poll, North Carolinians say they are most concerned about school safety but are divided on generic ballots that ask party preference in the 2022 elections. When asked how they would vote if the elections for U.S. Congress were held today, North Carolinians are divided, with 38% choosing the Republican candidate and 41% choosi  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 7 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Kansas Republican Party launched a 25-stop bus tour in Topeka, headlined by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie, who unseated former Governor Sam Brownback as the least popular governor in the nation in 2017, is the latest divisive politician Derek Schmidt has brought to Kansas in an effort to distract from his own harmful record of underfunding schools and backing fiscal disasters. As t  more

DODGE CITY, Kansas, Oct. 7 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Kansas Republican Party continued their last-ditch effort to save Derek Schmidt's flailing campaign for Governor - the "Back to Brownback" reunion tour - in Southwest Kansas, including stops in Ford, Seward, Finney, Thomas, and Barton counties. As Schmidt campaigns in Southwest Kansas, he has ignored calls from 8 out of 10 Kansans from both parties to expand Medicaid, and as recently as the Kansas S  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Oct. 5 (TNStalk) -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: A panel of political and reproductive rights experts from Mount Holyoke College and Smith College spoke about the history of reproductive rights in both America and Latin America and about ways to fight against the current abortion restrictions. Three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Mount Holyoke College hosted political and reproductive rights experts to discuss the past, present and pot  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 8 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2022: Tonight's debate between Ted Budd and Democrat Cheri Beasley offered the People of North Carolina a stark contrast between two very different paths for our state and nation - to better the lives of families, or to double down on the pain of Democrats' failing agenda. Ted Budd presented voters with a clearly better direction for our country. Instead of budget-busting grocery prices   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 4 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2022: * * * NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement on NHDems' and NHDems Chairman Ray Buckley's stance on parental involvement in education. "NH Democratic Chairman Ray Buckley made it clear this morning where the NH Democratic Party stands on parental involvement in their child's education. The NH Dems official stance on this issue is that parents should NO  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, in partnership with BSP Research, released today the fourth week of results from their 2022 National Latino Voter Tracking Poll and released insightful crosstab data of poll respondents to date. The 2022 National Latino Voter Tracking Poll,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news release: "Remember, I stopped two gas pipelines from coming into this state." That was Attorney General Maura Healey's boast several years ago after energy provider Kinder Morgan abandoned plans to bring more natural gas to Massachusetts. With energy costs projected to skyrocket this winter, Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons is working to remind voters about Healey and the Democrats'   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 6 -- The New Mexico Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: Yesterday, the Albuquerque Journal released Yvette Herrell's responses to their candidate questionnaire. On the issues of abortion and election integrity, she simply avoids giving a clear response. Yvette Herrell knows her record of hardline opposition to reproductive rights and alignment with dangerous factions of the Republican Party is too extreme for the voters of New Mexico's   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 4 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2022: Former GOP State Representative Joan Lawrence scorches J.D. Vance as a "craven shapeshifter" and a "chameleon who will do anything to get elected" in a new op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch. Read more below: Columbus Dispatch: Former Ohio lawmaker: J.D. Vance a 'craven shapeshifter' regurgitating MAGA speak October 3, 2022 * Joan W. Lawrence served in the Ohio House of Representatives as a Republican  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 6 -- The Oregon Democratic Party issued the following news release: On August 18th, Salem voter James Aiken got a surprise while checking his mailbox. He received an official legislative mailing from Republican State Representative Raquel Moore-Green. It was a surprise because Moore-Green does not represent Aiken in the state legislature. Moore-Green represents House District 19. Aiken resides within House District 20, represented by Rep. Paul Evans. Moore-Green, however, i  more

RED BANK, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 7, 2022, at a reception by the Democratic National Committee: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Please, sit down. Well, I want to thank the Governor and Tammy. This is the second time they had me back. And, you know, sometimes people make a mistake and ask you once, and, you know, you can't be blamed for it. When they ask you back, that -- that gets tough for them. But thank you very much. And thank all of you for the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: BY Lydia Saad After reaching a high of 62% at the start of 2021, the percentage of Americans believing the existing political parties "do such a poor job that a third major party is needed" has returned to a more typical 56%. At the same time, four in 10 Americans do not see the need for a third party, agreeing that "the Republican and Democratic parties do an adeq  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on Oct. 3, 2022, by Associate Law Professor Darin Johnson in Howard University entitled "The Voting Rights, Civil Rights, Immigration - This Term at the Supreme Court": * * * Summary * On the first day of the Supreme Court's 2022-2023 term, this on-the-record, hybrid briefing by Professor Darin Johnson, associate professor at the Howard, will outline several of the most impactful cas  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 8 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: After a New York Times article uncovered that a paid coordinated volunteer for Governor Glenn Youngkin's campaign "had been immersed in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol" and "assaulted a police officer with a metal barricade," Governor Glenn Youngkin has remained silent - refusing to denounce him. According to the New York Times, Joseph Brody was a coordinated volunteer for Glenn Youngkin's gube  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 8 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2022: Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels has spent months pandering to the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party, staking out the most radical positions on abortion and reproductive health care, sowing doubt in the outcomes of Wisconsin elections, and supporting legislation that would jeopardize the safety of kids in schools. It's not surprising that a Connecticut-based politician i  more