MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 1 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following news release: Veteran Tallapoosa County District Judge Kim Taylor announced today his resignation from the Tallapoosa County Democratic Party and his joining of the Tallapoosa County Republican Party at their meeting yesterday evening. "I am changing my party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, effective immediately" said Judge Taylor. "The Republican Party is the party that is more aligned with my conservati  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 2 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Martha McSally's failure to stand up to her party and her pharmaceutical industry backers is costing Arizonans, according to a new report showing that pharmaceutical companies have aggressively jacked up drug prices in 2019. According to CBS News, "More than 3,400 drugs have boosted their prices in the first six months of 2019, an increase of 17% in the number of drug hikes from a year earlier  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 3 -- The Georgia Democratic Party issued the following news release: Yesterday, the AJC reported that according to a federal lawsuit, the state of Georgia is discriminating against citizens of Puerto Rican descent applying for driver's licenses: "The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, says the state's Department of Driver Services seizes the identity documents of Puerto Ricans and often fails to award licenses in a timely manner. It also says the d  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 6 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release: Welcome to the KDP Weekly Rundown - the Kansas Democratic Party's update of the biggest things going on in the state party and the state capital. What are we focused on this week? Local elections, state revenue, and more! LOCAL ELECTIONS * What's happening? Local elections are just around the corner! We know that some of the most important work that we do happens at the local level so it's important that  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 3 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: A new report reveals President Trump has diverted $2.5 million intended to improve and maintain national parks across the country - like Acadia - for his increasingly partisan Fourth of July event in Washington, D.C. The decision could jeopardize Acadia National Park and Maine's other national parks, which is an economic boon that has generated more than $571 million in economic benefits and has brought some  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The NRSC today released a new video, the first of its "Last Line of Defense" series, highlighting the Democratic Party's "race to radicalism" and the Republican Senate Majority's role as the last line of defense against the socialist platform that was on display during last week's debates. See Video here (https://twitter.com/NRSC/status/1146108321507827715) The new NRSC video features extreme  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 6 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news, dated July 3: * * * - Robert Murray Maxed Out to DeWine's Campaign, Gave $1M to Groups Backing Trump * * * For the second time this year, Donald Trump is holding a big-dollar fundraiser less than 100 miles from Lordstown, Ohio, with no plans to visit the now-shuttered factory and talk with displaced workers -- and Mike DeWine will be joining him at the event, hosted by coal baron Robert Murray. "When he was asked  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: As the Republican-led Ohio House voted tonight in a rare Sunday night session on temporary stopgap legislation just hours before the constitutionally required deadline to pass a state budget, Ohio Democrats called out the dysfunction and misplaced priorities of GOP leaders in Columbus. "Ohio Republicans wasted months of time on one extremist bill after another -- violating constitutional rights and common sense eve  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * - State Rep. Candice Keller Sponsors Bill That Would Benefit Her Personal Charity * * * There's no state budget yet -- but Ohio House Republicans are busy pushing legislation to subsidize fake health centers that routinely lie to women. And in one member's case, the legislation also lines her own pocket. "As Republican lawmakers bicker about the overdue state budget, they still find the time to help out one  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 2 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news, dated June 28: The Supreme Court's Janus vs. AFSCME decision of 2018 struck a powerful blow against the unions in this country. The anti-worker groups funding the case thought they'd quickly cripple organized labor by driving public employees to leave their unions. Today, anti-union billionaires are spending millions to destroy unions in Pennsylvania, and the interest groups they fund only have one  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 2 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Today, July 2, 2019, we mark the 55th Anniversary of enactment of the Civil Rights Act. A crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, that landmark law protects African-Americans' right to vote and combats racial segregation in public arenas. But decades later, the promise of the Civil Rights Act remains, in many ways, unfulfilled. At every level, PA Democrats are upholding the spirit of th  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: Putting Kentucky First, an organization supported by the Republican Governors Association (RGA), today released a new television ad in the Kentucky governor's race. Titled "Resistance," the ad spotlights Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear's pledge to "stop the negative policies of [President] Donald Trump" if elected governor. Beshear made the comments on Wednesday, J  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 29 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Richard Register was elected Saturday to become First Associate Chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party at the group's State Central Committee summer meeting in Scottsbluff. Register, who has been serving as chair of the NDP's Finance Committee, will replace Frank LaMere, who held the spot until he succumbed to cancer earlier this month. Register edged out Preston Love Jr. by a 34-33 margin on a seco  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 3 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Ben Wikler on Gov. Tony Evers' signing and partial veto of the 2019-2021 biennial budget passed by the legislature: "This budget would have been impossible if Tony Evers hadn't been elected governor. The funding increases for transportation, education, and health care reflect the core issues Governor Evers campaigned on, the priorities he and Mandela Barnes heard as they listened across the stat  more