MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 1 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Terry Lathan on the Democratic presidential debate: "It was two nights of the same song, second verse - socialist themes heralded by the Democrat candidates participating in the Michigan debate. "From 'Medicare for All' with complete control over our healthcare to giving illegal immigrants free reign, this field of liberals once again showed how disconnected they are from the American public  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 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

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Tuesday morning, CNN's John Berman drew Alabama's Tennessee Valley into the President Trump versus Congressman Cummings/Baltimore fray. Today, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) responded to CNN's mean-spirited, bad "Fake News," and rather dumb attacks on the Tennessee Valley. While interviewing Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel about President Trump's ruckus with Congressman Elijah Cummings and Baltimore, Berma  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Think back to the last two weeks. In less than 14 days, 6 different Republicans -- including Will "Future of the Republican Party" Hurd -- have announced they're done explaining their party's deeply unpopular health care repeal agenda, and they're done with the misery of life in the minority. In the last two weeks we got a whole new term in the American political vernacular: the "TEXODUS!"   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Mississippi Today and The Clarion Ledger profiled the increasing Republican infighting at the Neshoba County Fair, just days before the Mississippi primary election. Candidates Bill Waller and Robert Foster took aim at nominal frontrunner Tate Reeves during the fair, attacking him for being beholden to special interests and the state's sluggish economy. They even suggested Reeves is ignoring the state's larg  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 31 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reappointments of Jonathan Martin and Danny Nix and the appointment of David Ciccarello to the Florida Southwestern State College District Board of Trustees. Jonathan Martin Martin, of Fort Myers, is an attorney at Parvey & Frankel Attorneys, P.A. His practice specializes in a variety of areas including personal injury, neglect and malpractice. He is the  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 2 -- The Georgia State Senate issued the following news release on the behalf of State Sen. Burt Jones, R-Jackson: Since the late 1980s, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been at the center of allegations of corruption, bribery and improper handling of the procurement process. In order to address these well-publicized issues, I sponsored Senate Bill 131, the "Georgia Major Airport Authority Act," which would create a state authority to oversee the opera  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 30 -- The Missouri Republican Party issued the following news release: Today, we are saddened to learn that State Representative Rebecca Roeber passed away following a car accident that occurred earlier this year. Kay Hoflander, the Missouri Republican Party Chair, released the following statement after learning about Representative Roeber's passing: "Representative Roeber was a shining light in the Missouri Republican Party. We will greatly miss her servant-mind  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 29 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek regarding the minimum wage bill: Last week, Congressman Chris Pappas and his House Democrat colleagues passed a job-killing $15-an-hour minimum wage bill (H.R. 582) while the Puritan Backroom, Congressman Pappas' restaurant, has a job listing out this week with a starting wage of $12.50 an hour. "In a booming economy, Congressman Chris Pappas wants to do everything   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: At the Fayette County Fair in Dunbar, PA, members of the Fayette County Republican Party soiled a family-friendly afternoon with a gross display of hate and intolerance targeting minority women. The GOP officials simulated violence against four Congresswomen of color by placing photos of their faces on a dartboard and encouraging passerby to throw darts at them. News of the dartboard first surface  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director Matt Brooks: Recordings have recently surfaced of Democrat Elissa Slotkin (MI-8) saying that Republicans don't care about Jews, they only care about getting money from Jewish donors. "Congresswoman Slotkin's remarks are factually wrong and ugly. Slotkin thinks so little of our fellow Jews that she believes Republicans "are not looking for [Jewish] votes, because we are a relatively smal  more

KATY, Texas, Aug. 1 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: Texas State Representative John Zerwas, M.D., has announced his retirement from the Texas House, effective on September 30, 2019. Representative Zerwas served as the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in 2019. He has represented Texas House District 28 since 2007. In 2015, Representative Zerwas was nationally named 'BIO Legislator of the Year' by the Biotechnology Industry O  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 1 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: The Republican Party of Texas has announced that our unrestricted accounts exceeded $1 million cash-on-hand for the first time in five years - and for the ninth straight year we have zero debt. This is a major milestone and has taken tenacity to achieve. This reflects the confidence in the direction of the RPT and its laser-focus on the 2020 election cycle. "We are very excited about  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 31 -- The Virginia Republican Party issued the following news: The Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition (SUVGOP) PAC has released its new advertisement called "Not One", a campaign to educate voters across Northern Virginia about the record twenty-four (24) Republican women running for local- and state-level public office in NoVA in 2019. Link to the SUVGOP "Not One" video: https://youtu.be/Zx5rjszrEYA: "From School Board to the Board of Supervisors to the General A  more

LANCASTER, Ohio, July 30 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a press gaggle at a future site of Magna Seating: THE VICE PRESIDENT: This is a great day for Fairfield County, a great day for Ohio, and a great day for America. This is a Canadian company investing millions of dollars, creating more than 300 jobs right here in the Buckeye State. And as I said today, we believe that it's a result of the policies that we've been advancing with the strong sup  more