MADISON, Wisconsin, April 6 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: This was a very good week to be a Republican in Wisconsin. For starters, the April 2 Election was a historic success for the Republican Party of Wisconsin and conservative candidates across the state. Both constitutional amendment questions on the ballot were easily passed by Wisconsin voters. Zuckerbucks and all other dark money interference in election administration are banned. 20,000 more voters part  more

FARGO, North Dakota, April 6 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Resolutions calling for criminal penalties for "anyone who kills a pre-born human being" and supporting "the restoration of gender dysphoric individuals, that they may embrace and be comfortable with their natural biological state" are among the 15 policy resolutions North Dakota Republican Party delegates will be considering during their convention today and to  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 3 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Voters in Marshall County headed to the polls today for the Special Primary Election in Alabama House District 27. There are six candidates vying for the Republican nomination in the race. The unofficial results are as follows: * Stacy Lee George: 110 votes, 3.07% * Bill Hancock: 484 votes, 13.52% * Alan Miller: 737 votes, 20.59% * Jena Ross: 1,404 votes, 39.23% * Bill Strickl  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 3 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Arizona Democrats are prepared to win in November, qualifying more candidates on multiple levels of government than in recent history. "While the Republican Party is obsessed with election denialism and conspiracy theories, the Arizona Democratic Party is helping qualifying candidates up and down the ballot that will move Arizona forward," said Chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party Yolanda Bejaran  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11096) on April 4, 2024. The white paper was written by section research manager Juria L. Jones and legislative attorneys L. Paige Whitaker and Jennifer K. Elsea: * * * Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II: Examining Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to Ballot Access On March 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson issued a per  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Tonight, California Republican Michelle Steel is reaffirming her full allegiance to the far-right wing of the Republican party by hosting Speaker Mike Johnson for a high-dollar fundraiser in Newport Beach. As Johnson's "first concerted effort to back vulnerable California Republicans," the fundraiser puts "rudderless" Steel further on the hook for the extremist Speaker's M  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Will Rollins has hit the ground running, hauling in $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2024 in his campaign to replace vulnerable California Republican Ken Calvert in Congress. The cash haul once again demonstrates Rollins' success in connecting with voters across the Inland Empire. In response to the increasing momentum, he told Spectrum News, "all of [the] good government reforms that   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Bryan Steil continues to undermine democracy, this time alongside far-right extremist and election denier Jim Jordan. Shot: Steil appeared in a video (https://twitter.com/WisGOP/status/1773016349263958451) with Jordan, calling on Wisconsinites to "prevent out-of-state money from influencing our elections." Chaser: It turns out that Steil himself has received hundreds of thousands of doll  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: This week, New Yorkers are continuing to call out vulnerable Republicans Mike Lawler and Brandon Williams for failing voters of New York's 17th and 22nd congressional districts. Lawler is facing criticism for dismissing four-time indicted, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's hateful and dangerous attacks on Jewish Americans in addition to concerns ov  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Tonight, California Republican Young Kim is reaffirming her full allegiance to the far-right wing of the Republican party by hosting Speaker Mike Johnson for a high-dollar fundraiser in Newport Beach. As Johnson's "first concerted effort to back vulnerable California Republicans," the fundraiser puts "rudderless" Kim on the hook for the extremist Speaker's MAGA agenda, inc  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Late last night, nearly every Republican present in the Missouri state House voted against a budget amendment that would have protected Missourians' access to IVF and contraception. Republican candidates for governor - Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, state Senator Bill Eigel, and Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe - have all stayed silent while their colleagues undermine access to IVF treatment   more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Last week, former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte continued to put politics first by courting the most extreme elements in New Hampshire politics with the announcement that State Representative Lisa Mazur endorsed her campaign for governor. Mazur is best known for "compar[ing] Nazi persecution of Jews to COVID measures at a high school prom," testifying in a school board meeting that "in 1939 when [the Nazis] put t  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: During the first 12 months of the 2024 election cycle, Presidential candidates collected $374.9 million and disbursed $270.8 million, Congressional candidates collected $1.3 billion and disbursed $718.7 million, political parties received $684.5 million and spent $595 million, and political action committees (PACs) raised $3.7 billion and spent $3.1 billion, according to campaign finance r  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Key Point: "Several of Trump's former top advisers and allies have refused to endorse their former boss's campaign, including former vice president Mike Pence, former attorney general William P. Barr and former White House chief of staff John Kelly." The Washington Post: The former Trump aides who would rather not see him on the ballot By: Mariana Alfaro Donald Trump may have defeated his primary chal  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: With the decision from the Florida Supreme Court this week allowing a near-total ban on abortion in the state, Team Biden-Harris released a new ad slamming Donald Trump for his role in overturning Roe, which paved the way for Florida's extreme abortion ban. In Florida: Florida Phoenix: Biden campaign begins airing ad in Florida attacking Trump's call for a national abortion law In Florida: Tampa Bay T  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Today, Donald Trump's campaign announced the opening of 31 offices across Michigan by early April, in contrast to the Michigan Democratic Party and the Biden-Harris campaign opening only 30 offices by mid-April. APRIL FOOLS. Trump is "broke as heck." Michigan Democrats are the only ones with real campaign infrastructure. "I wish Donald Trump running for president was an April Fools   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Detroit News' conservative assistant editorial editor Kaitlyn Buss has raised a red flag about the "fractured" Republican Senate primary that is full of "division," writing that "Republicans stand to lose" the race in November. The piece points out that "twenty-five of the 60 Republican National Committee delegates from Michigan signed a resolution last week calling for Trump to rescind his endorseme  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 6 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Mike Rogers, Peter Meijer, Sandy Pensler, and Justin Amash continue to "battle it out," Republicans are getting nervous that their infighting is going to be "enough of a bump to set everyone back." Meanwhile, Rogers is continuing to put politics ahead of border security. Instead of backing "one of the toughest border and immigration laws in modern history," Rogers would rather spew conspiracy theo  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 4 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Does anyone have any bandages? Asking for the "fractured" Republican Senate primary. Mike Rogers is losing his cool as he dodges questions about his ties to China and faces attacks from the 1,100 Rescue Michigan members and 25 RNC delegates from Michigan who are urging Trump to rescind his endorsement of Rogers, calling them "sophomoric" and suggesting they are "not thinking very well." More people ar  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 4 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, local elections were held across the state which resulted in major wins for Progressive and Democratic-leaning candidates, including 83 percent of the school board candidates endorsed by the Missouri chapter of the National Education Association. The widespread rejection of right-wing candidates issued a strong rebuke of the radical, anti- Freedom   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: "We voted him into office, we can vote him out." "It's over for Biden." That's what Raleigh voters are telling President Joe Biden after last week's failed presidential visit to Raleigh, which drew protesters interrupting the event to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The devastating report from WRAL titled "How Israel-Hamas is dividing the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 election" shows that th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: Charlotte City Councilman Braxton Winston is running for Labor Commissioner. That prospect should terrify businesses owners across North Carolina. Winston burst onto the political scene after getting arrested protesting law enforcement in 2016 in uptown Charlotte. He later ran for City Council with the backing of the city's left-wing political machine, even rising to the become Mayor Pro Tem. A  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Charlotte tomorrow to talk about the arrest of Awet Hagos, the terror watchlist suspect who was illegally in North Carolina. Just kidding, she's coming to talk about climate change and environmental justice. In yet another visit to our state, Biden's so-called "border czar" won't talk about the millions of illegal immigrants making thei  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched BidenBloodbath.com, a website dedicated to highlighting the horrors of Biden Migrant Crime. "Biden is allowing vicious criminals, illegal drugs, gangs and terrorists into the United States. He alone has the power to reverse course and secure our border to protect our communities, yet he refuses to take action. Biden is prioritizing illegal immigran  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 5 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Today on WBT's Pete Kaliner Show, State Board of Elections member Kevin Lewis talked about news this week that county early voting plans were due three months ahead of schedule for the 2024 General Election. The concerns raised in the interview centered on the undue burden to county boards of elections, who will be conducting runoff elections, will be forced to enter in to agreem  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) led a letter to New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin regarding the false claims of military service made by Sussex County Commissioner Bill Hayden. Commissioner Hayden's lies about his military service have drawn widespread and bipartisan condemnation. His deceptions are extremely offensive to New Jersey's veterans who have actua  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement announcing a 1 million dollar ad buy in the Republican primary for Indiana's 8th congressional district. RJC CEO Matt Brooks said: While Democrats continue to endorse and embrace anti-Israel candidates across the country, the RJC and Republican Party stand up to them wherever possible. Starting April 10, the RJC has r  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 5 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * Secretary of State Jena Griswold has issued the following statement on the introduction of an impeachment resolution in the Colorado House of Representatives: "The Colorado Republican Party continues to focus on conspiracies and political games. I will not be intimidated by this baseless proceeding. While Republican House Legislators waste taxpayer dollars to score cheap politic  more

RANCHO MIRAGE, California, April 6 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, the Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the life of former First Lady Betty Ford on the campus of Eisenhower Health, adjacent to the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA. She was the wife of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president, and widely admired for her support of women's rights and her candor about the serious health challenges she faced. The stamp was  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 4 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * If you are covering Doug Diny's victory in the Wausau mayoral election, please consider the following statement from WisGOP Chairman Brian Schimming: "Congratulations to WisGOP-backed Doug Diny on his triumph in the Wausau Mayoral election. His stunning victory over incumbent Mayor Katie Rosenberg marks an unmistakable repudiation of failed Democrat policies and is a win for Ce  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 2 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: April 1 marks 218 days until November 5 and North Carolina Republicans have strong conservative candidates from Murphy to Manteo in all 14 Congressional districts. To win a majority in the U.S. House Representatives, Republicans must win at least 218 seats. Currently, Republicans have that exact number: 218. To grow the GOP majority in Congress, the NCGOP will work tirelessly across the state to  more