PHOENIX, Arizona, July 22 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Arizona Democratic Party's Chair, Felecia Rotellini, concluded a successful "Rural Counties Count" tour of Southern Arizona this weekend. Chair Rotellini spoke to hundreds of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans at a series of events in the counties of Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, and Greenlee. Rotellini shared the AZ Democratic Party's strategy for 2020 and received enthusiastic input from vot  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 26 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: State Senator Sylvia Allen of LD 6 recently made racist and xenophobic remarks at an Arizona Republican Party sponsored event stating,"We are not reproducing ourselves, the birthrates [...] It's because of immigration." In the audio recording released by The Phoenix New Times, Allen goes on to state we're "going to look like South American countries very quickly,"warning that new immigrants will not be  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 26 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Two years after Republicans' health care repeal plans failed on the U.S. Senate floor in the face of bipartisan opposition, unelected U.S. Sen. Martha McSally is failing to stand up to her party and protect Arizonans' health care access. The July 2017 vote -- at which former U.S. Sen. John McCain gave his decisive thumbs-down -- did not end Washington Republicans' effort to undermine coverage protectio  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 24 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Nancy Wyman: "Today's Congressional testimony by Robert Mueller was understated, but devastating. "The President of the United States was not truthful with investigators, and the report did not clear him of wrongdoing. "And maybe the most chilling comments: that Russians continue working to undermine the upcoming elections. "In spite of this President, this is a great country. And as c  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 25 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Terrie Rizzo after the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: "Last night, Puerto Ricans showed us the power of the people by organizing and mobilizing to hold their elected leaders accountable. "The resignation of Governor Rossello must now be followed by a fair and democratic process to determine the best future for Puerto Ricans. "We stand with and applaud our brothers and siste  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 24 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Terrie Rizzo after the Republicans blocked the Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act in the House: "Republicans like to talk a good game when it comes to standing up for Venezuelans fleeing Maduro's dictatorship, but when it comes time to take real action they have refused to take it. "It is shameful they have put their own interests above providing relief to thousands of Venezuelans in the  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 25 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Terrie Rizzo after the passage of the Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act in the House: "Today, the Venezuelan community is a step closer to being protected in the United States. "Hundreds of Venezuelans have been deported and detained under the Trump Administration's inaction to grant them Temporary Protected Status. "We are proud of our Democrats in Congress for their efforts to resol  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 26 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: Pence's visit to ex-felons job training center while the GOP is actively working to suppress former inmates' right to vote exposes the Trump administration's hypocrisy. On July 26, Vice President Mike Pence visited the non-profit former inmate training center, Operation New Hope. His visit is a reminder that the Republican Party is working to create barriers to voting rights to ex-felons. Jacksonville's S  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 26 -- 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 government. What are we focused on this week? Supreme court retirements, Demofest and more! KANSAS CHIEF JUSTICE TO RETIRE What's happening? Kansas chief justice Lawton Nuss announced Friday that he will retire after 17 years on the state's Supreme Court. "From his beg  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Libertarian Party issued the following op-ed to the Boston Globe by Rhode Island ex-Governor Lincoln Chafee, who recently switched his voter registration to the Libertarian Party: As an American, I have been saddened and embarrassed by recent failures of American presidents to exercise their global duties responsibly. We have entered into never-ending, illegitimate conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa; bypassed our Constitution and the Fourth Amendment by eav  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 22 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: With the most recent round of campaign finance reports being released, Senator Susan Collins continues to rely almost exclusively on special interest & out-of-state campaign cash despite having campaigned on limiting out-of-state campaign cash. According to Collins' Q2 FEC report, 95 percent of donations came from outside of Maine and more money came in from corporate PACs than the entire state of Maine. Wh  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 26 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news release: Today, an investigative report from ProPublica revealed that at least one former staffer of the American Conservative Union used the organization's donor list to scam donors into giving to nearly $10 million to a PAC and then kept the money for himself and his associates. The Executive Director of the American Conservative Union at the time was Robert Gregg Keller. He declined to explain whethe  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 22 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Missouri Democrats filed their monthly report of fundraising activity with the Federal Election Commission. The Missouri Democratic State Committee ended the month of June with more than $225,000 on-hand in their combined state and federal accounts. By comparison, at the end of June, Missouri Republicans held less than $60,000 in combined cash on-hand, which is less than thei  more

HELENA, Montana, July 25 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Steve Daines today voted with Big Pharma and against limiting the cost of prescription drugs for Montana seniors who rely on Medicare for their health care. In a U.S. Senate Finance Committee business meeting, Republicans on the committee attempted to remove a cap on Medicare prescription drug costs that was included in bipartisan legislation the committee passed to curb the cost of prescriptio  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: The NDP's Precious McKesson was named Tuesday as a member of the United State of Women's second class of Ambassadors as part of a new program to train and equip women to take action for gender equity in their communities. Eighty Ambassadors, who represent forty states across the U.S., were accepted into the one-year program. The Ambassador Program is an opportunity for current and future leaders pass  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 23 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesperson Molly Forgey: In a Friday afternoon news dump, Nevada Senate Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the removal of a corporate tax decrease that provides supplemental support for our public education system and funding an increase in school safety. "Senate Republicans brought their partisan politics to a new level in their effort to give corporations a tax break. "Despite the historica  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 25 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Bill O'Brien, who has begun self-identifying as "Trump before Trump," launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate last night by joining his crowd in chants to "send her home," channeling the chants heard at last week's Trump rally. Days after even President Donald Trump appeared to denounce his supporters for chanting "send her back" at one of his rallies -- a cry echoing his own racist attac  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Ahead of President Donald Trump's big-dollar fundraiser yesterday in Wheeling, W.Va. -- less than 100 miles from Lordstown, Ohio -- Ohioans impacted by the closure of General Motors' Lordstown plant called out Trump's broken promises. Wheeling Intelligencer: Displaced Lordstown GM Employees Disappointed With Trump "In Wheeling, we're standing in front of the Augustus Pollack memorial, a business owner succeeded by  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: On the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump's Youngstown speech in which he told the people of the Mahoning Valley, "Those jobs [that] have left Ohio, they're coming back. They're all coming back. Don't move, don't sell your house," Ohio Democrats called out Trump for his broken promises at a news conference outside the now-shuttered Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown. Youngstown Vindicator: Valley Dem  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 26 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Today, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party hosted a press conference call in response to the Trump campaign's re-launch of Women for Trump in King Of Prussia. On the call, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner of *MomsRising (*Organization listed for identification purposes only), Wilkes-Barre City Councilwoman Beth Gilbert, and State Representative Mar  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- 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 "Dangerous," the ad highlights the extreme immigration agenda being pushed by national Democrats and parroted by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andy Beshear. Democratic Party leaders, including the overwhelming majority of the 20  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 24 -- The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Mary Mancini regarding the nomination of Rep. Cameron Sexton to be the next Tennessee House Speaker: "Cameron Sexton didn't stand up when Glen Casada was bribing his colleagues or when his staffers were caught fabricating an email to have an activist thrown in jail because Cameron Sexton is in Casada's pocket. "He stood by Casada's side and supported him for 7 months while corruption and sc  more