PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Arizona GOP Senate primary is already on a "collision course" and the potential frontrunners, losers Kari Lake and Blake Masters, haven't even entered the race yet, per 12News NBC's Sunday Square Off. WATCH: https://azdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-18-at-3.08.59-PM-768x430.png "'Losing energy,' 'paranoid,' 'erratic,' like 'drunk people call[ing] their exes,' - all ways Rep  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 21 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, Politico reported that Kari Lake, 2022 Gubernatorial loser and "major liability" for Republicans, will mount her "less-than-welcome" bid for the Arizona Senate seat as early as next month. "Republicans have been biting their nails for months at the prospect of sore loser Kari Lake entering the Arizona GOP Senate primary. Their nightmare scenario is about to become real life,"   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 18, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton of Virginia's 10th District announced that she has been diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, or PSP - often misdiagnosed as Parkinsons - and will not be seeking reelection. After Congresswoman Wexton's announcement, DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker released the following statement: "Today, the thoughts of all Virginians are with Con  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: In the wake of multiple reports about physical assault and sexual harassment at a women's shelter by Republican State Senator Tom Wright, the Florida Democratic Party has issued the following statement: "The reports coming out of Volusia County are damning," said FDP Chair Nikki Fried. "There is no excuse for Senator Wright to lay a hand on anyone, much less a woman working to protect her clients at a she  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: Today, the Florida Democratic Party announced its endorsement of Johnny Farias for State Representative in Florida House District 118. Johnny Farias is a Navy veteran, electrician, and former Miami-Dade Community Council member who immigrated from Ecuador to the United States at age 4. A family man with a passion for giving back to his community, Farias is running for office to address Florida's out-of-co  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * Today, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will travel to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence, following last month's mass shooting at a dollar store. In response, the Florida Democratic Party has issued the following statement: "Less than a month after the racially motivated mass shooting in Jacksonville, Democrats are taking action on gun violence," said FDP C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Key Point: "'Just look who Trump put in the courts,' said Dave Green, the UAW regional director for Ohio and Indiana. 'Look at his record with the labor relations board. He did nothing to support organized labor except lip service....'" Associated Press: Trump says he always had autoworkers' backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise [JOEY CAPPELLETTI AND MICHELLE L. PRICE, 9/21/2  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 23 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry on Sept. 21, 2023, by Chair Lauren Necochea: * * * Idahoans deserve elected officials who do what is best for Idaho and prioritize the people they are elected to represent. Unfortunately, the track records of our longtime Republican Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo indicate a different set of priorities, as recent headlines have shown. Earlier this month, Risch made the news for his attempts t  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 20 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * The Indiana Democratic Party released the following statement from IDP Chair Mike Schmuhl after today's filing of a formal disciplinary complaint against Attorney General Todd Rokita by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission: "Todd Rokita's actions toward Dr. Caitlin Bernard over the past year brought shame and ridicule upon our state. Now, he is starting to see t  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 23 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * UAW President Shawn Fain, originally from Kokomo, today announced it is expanding its Stand Up Strike to 38 more locals. The Indiana Democratic Party released the following statement in support of the UAW and its workers on strike for better futures for Hoosier families and communities from Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl: "The Indiana Democratic Party stands in   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, wildly unpopular former Governor Rick Snyder is slated to attend a "civility" event at Oakland University tonight, sparking intense outrage from a number of groups on campus due to his outrageous record on environmental (poisoning Michiganders) and social justice issues from his time in office. Not only was Snyder one of Michigan's worst and most destructive governors, causing  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: There's no way to sugarcoat it, this has not been a good week for disgraced former Governor Rick Snyder. After getting dragged back onto the political scene to help fundraise for the most extreme members of the Republican House Caucus, Snyder has been met with a flurry of protests - from both sides. First, on Monday, he joined a "civility" event at Oakland University (we know, we can't believe it ei  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, yesterday, The American Independent dropped a bombshell story exposing incredibly disturbing emails sent by GOP House Minority Leader Matt Hall during college, filled with racially-tinged threats to commit violent acts against another student. The emails show Hall making death threats towards a student at his girlfriend's college in Maryland, going as far as to say that he has  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, the MI GOP continues to make headlines as party infighting and an embrace of extremism tears them apart from the inside out. MLive's scathing report on the tensions between state party leadership, county parties and community activists, as well as top-to-bottom failures, proves unequivocally that the party has fallen from their once-respected place in Michigan politics. Betwe  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: In case you missed it, in what's shaping up to be a "radioactive" "caustic" and "brutal" Republican Senate primary in Michigan, accusations of "outright deceit" and "skullduggery" are in the news today as James Craig accuses Mike Rogers' campaign of attempting to bribe him to stay out of the race. Read The Messenger's reporting on Republicans' chaotic and messy primary below: The   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Mike Rogers heads to Mackinac Island for the Michigan GOP's 35th biennial Republican Leadership Conference, Michigan Republicans' "contentious" primary and "Senate showdown" will be on full display with members of his own party attacking Rogers as a "deep state operative" and the "last choice" in Michigan's Republican Senate primary. Here's what Michigan Republicans are saying about Mike Rogers:   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 23 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On the latest leg of the Legislative Listening Tour, Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers (D-Belgrade) and House Minority Leader Kim Abbott visited Laurel and Red Lodge to hear from Montanans in Yellowstone and Carbon Counties. With an engaged audience in Laurel, Senator Flowers and Representative Abbott listened to community members' concerns about a variety of issues facing Montana. Flowers and Abbott   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 22 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: For the second time this month, multimillionaire transplant Tim Sheehy was caught taking a company private jet to an out-of-state campaign event, raising questions about conflicts of interest and violations of the company's ethics code. POLITICO Influence reported that Sheehy took a private jet registered to his taxpayer-funded company, Bridger Aerospace, to a "major donor" fundraiser in North Dakota.   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 21 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Transplant Tim Sheehy made one of the most embearassing mistakes in the books this week when he falsely claimed that there are "more bears than people" in Montana. Daily Montanan reported that Sheehy's estimate is off by about a million: An expert with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says there are fewer "bears, deer, elk, combined than people." And as FWP Bear Manager Jamie Jonkel said: "You could fi  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 23 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: It's been a rough week for Montana newcomer Tim Sheehy, who repeatedly proved how out of touch he is with Montana families and our Montana way of life. Sheehy was scrutinized for taking a private jet, registered to his company Bridger Aerospace, to two campaign events amid questions about his use of company resources to help his campaign and whether it violates his company's ethics code. And he made an  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 20 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Over the last six months, Frank LaRose has proved he's not working for Ohioans. After putting himself at the center of the failed August special election and rewriting the November abortion ballot language to "intentionally mislead" voters, LaRose is being called out for confusing and silencing Ohioans. Now, LaRose is being slammed again for putting his political ambitions first and promising to overrule Ohioans by  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: With T-minus 179 days left in this slugfest - each one more brutal and bruising than the last - it's clear whoever emerges from this fight will be badly damaged in the eyes of Ohioans. Plus, Frank LaRose made headlines **again** this week after working to silence and overrule Ohioans. Here's what you missed this week in what has already been called one of the "messiest, "most expensive" and "bruising" primary batt  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The "twisted" and "intentionally misleading" language that Frank LaRose wrote to silence Ohioans and make it harder for voters to protect abortion rights will appear on ballots this November. Since putting himself at the center of the failed August amendment and rewriting the November abortion ballot language, LaRose has been called out by Ohioans for "diving deep into [his] bag of tricks" and using his position a  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 20 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The "twisted" and "intentionally misleading" language that Frank LaRose wrote to silence Ohioans and make it harder for voters to protect abortion rights will appear on ballots this November. LaRose - who has been called out for "hav[ing] his thumb on the scale of fairness" - has already said that if the November amendment passes, he would again overrule the majority of Ohioans who support protecting reproductive   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 22 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Frank LaRose has been working to silence and overrule Ohioans for months, most recently by "twist[ing]" the November ballot language to be "intentionally misleading" and "deceit[ful].". While LaRose is trying to make it harder for the November amendment to pass, he has promised to overrule the majority of Ohioans who support protecting reproductive rights by voting for a national abortion ban if elected to the Sena  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 15 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: In case you missed it, new reporting from the Ohio Capital Journal raises a number of questions surrounding Frank LaRose's decision to move the Ohio Secretary of State office to the same building as his current campaign HQ. This move is the latest scandal that makes clear LaRose is looking out for his own political ambitions at the expense of Ohio taxpayers. While LaRose claims the move would save taxpayer dollars  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Today, the Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement on the GOP-Gerrymandered maps presented by Republican politicians on Ohio's redistricting commission. "Mere weeks ago, Republican politicians in Ohio claimed their only focus was protecting Ohio's Constitution. Today, those same politicians showed how hollow those words always were by tossing our Constitution aside and   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 20 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The 2024 primary is six months away and Ohio's Senate Slugfest just keeps getting messier and more divisive. As the infighting escalates, it's clear whoever emerges from this bruising fight will be badly damaged in the eyes of Ohioans headed into the general election. Here's what you need to know about the #OHSEN Slugfest, which has already been called one of the "messiest," "most expensive," and "bruising" primar  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 19 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Since putting himself at the center of the failed August special election and rewriting the November abortion ballot language, LaRose has been called out by Ohioans for misleading and silencing Ohioans ahead of the November election. Now, LaRose is being slammed for his promise to overrule Ohioans and vote for a national abortion ban even if the November amendment passes. * * * The Vindicator (https://www.vindy.c  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. 22 -- The Oklahoma Democratic Party issued the following news release: Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville's political tantrum, holding numerous military promotions in limbo, putting our national security in danger as well as the lives of our honored service members and their families, has been a ridiculous clown show. Still, we must ask, where have our Oklahoma Senators Mullin and Lankford been? Why have they been so quiet, failing to push for the protection of our   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: David McCormick's upcoming announcement for the U.S. Senate is concerning for the people of Pennsylvania and their families. According to reports, he does not reside in Pennsylvania and has built his career as a Wall Street executive, advocating for policies that support job outsourcing and tax cuts primarily benefiting himself and his Wall Street associates. McCormick also aligns himself with a s  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: The day before David McCormick is set to launch his campaign, new reporting from WESA has caught McCormick trying to erase his stance on abortion. McCormick supports an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. McCormick deleted footage from his campaign YouTube of a 2022 interview with Fox News in which he celebrated the overturning of Roe, saying it "would be a huge step forward and a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Mega-millionaire hedge fund executive David McCormick refused to take questions from the press at his campaign launch event, according to reports. McCormick dodging the press comes as reports pile up exposing his lies about where he lives and his dangerous record on abortion. Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Maddy McDaniel issued the following statement: "David McCormick can talk all h  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party launched a new website and digital ad, "Can't Trust," exposing David McCormick's record of lying about living in Pennsylvania and serving China and his Wall Street friends, not Pennslyvanians. The Pennsylvania Democratic Party will run the digital ad on social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and programmatic, and will run Google   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, Pennsylvania labor leaders and advocates were joined by Lt. Governor Austin Davis and State Senator Jay Costa to speak out against David McCormick's upcoming campaign launch. McCormick is a mega-millionaire Connecticut hedge fund executive who has spent his life looking out for himself and his rich friends at the expense of working families. The leaders exposed McCormick'  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: New reporting from Vanity Fair reveals mega-millionaire David McCormick has been chartering private planes to fly to Pennsylvania from his multi-million dollar mansion in his home state of Connecticut in a failed attempt to trick voters into thinking he lives in Pennsylvania. The news follows reporting from the Associated Press that showed McCormick has been lying to voters about living in Pennsy  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: David McCormick can't stop lying about where he lives and his record on abortion. In the days before launching his Senate campaign, David McCormick tried to scrub his extreme abortion record from old campaign sites and even chartered a private plane to fly to Pennsylvania for public appearances to cover up the fact that he lives in Connecticut. Here's what voters are seeing and reading about Con  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: As David McCormick prepares to announce a bid for the U.S. Senate, here's what to know about his record of lying to Pennsylvanians and serving himself and his Wall Street friends. Here's what to know about David McCormick: * AP: David McCormick is lying about living in Pennsylvania."'I live in Pennsylvania,' McCormick said" [...] "In reality, he's living in a $16 million mansion in Westport on C  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: The Texas Democratic Party, in partnership with the Dallas County Democratic Party, issued the following statements in response to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson's announcement that he has formally switched parties. Gilberto Hinojosa and Shay Wyrick Cathey, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Texas Democratic Party, issued the following joint statement: "Given his long-standing affinity with Republican leaders and ideology --  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2023: * * * Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement regarding Ken Paxton's acquittal by the Texas Senate: "It's clear that the fix was in from the beginning, and that as long as Republicans control our government, elected officials won't face consequences for ethical or criminal offenses. In true Texas Republican fashion, Paxton crime organization benefici  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 20 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news: Ahead of Gov. Evers' special session to address Wisconsin's workforce challenges, child care providers across the state are sounding the alarm about the end of Child Care Counts and the devastating impact it will have on Wisconsin's workforce. Without continued funding for Child Care Counts, more than a quarter of Wisconsin's child care centers could be forced to close their doors, threatening the care th  more