COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 20 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * - Matt Dolan Says Ehh, Maybe Not * * * While a recent Quinnipiac poll found that 90 percent of Ohioans -- including 87 percent of gun owners -- support universal background checks, Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan this weekend seemed to voice his opposition to this common-sense measure to prevent gun violence. "Any issue where 90 percent of Ohioans agree should be a no-brainer, but Matt Dolan cares more ab  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 22 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: A new report outlines that unelected U.S. Sen. Martha McSally in March 2019 had to pay a previously-unreported $5,000 fine for breaking campaign finance rules and improperly disclosing more than $50,000 in campaign contributions during the 2014 election cycle. The revelation follows an Associated Press report from last month on McSally being forced to pay a $23,000 fine for taking more than $300,000 in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This morning, Trump doubled down on his accusation that Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal. American Jews are loyal to America, not to Israel -- but for some reason, Trump doesn't seem to understand that. If anyone needed more proof that Trump doesn't care about Jews unless he can use them, here it is. For the second time in less than 24 hours, Trump accused Jews who voted for Democrats of being d  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 20 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Florida State Rep. Javier Fernandez: Florida House Democrats today sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee calling for a special session to address gun violence in the state of Florida. The effort, led by State Representative Javier Fernandez, is requesting a special session to consider proposals from universal background checks to establishing a Task Force focused on reducing da  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 22 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: The Florida Democratic Party welcomes Kellyanne Conway's Women for Trump Event by reminding her of Trump's most awful statements about women. "Who better to represent Donald Trump to women than the person who has constantly defended his misogyny" stated Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Conway has a history defending Trump's sexism and using spin to evade the truth: After a leaked tape   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 21 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: Elected Jewish Democrats of Florida slammed Trump's outrageous claims that Jews voting Democrat are somehow "disloyal," calling it out for being the ugly trope that it is. On August 20, Donald Trump attacked American Jews claiming "I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat -- it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Trump doubled down on his comments on August 21, telling re  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Failed Senate candidate John James warmly welcomed Vice President Mike Pence to Detroit yesterday, again confirming his unwavering support for the Trump administration and its toxic agenda is as strong as ever -- no matter how many social media posts he tried to delete. Since announcing his second bid for the Senate, James has quietly embraced the President, holding an event in Florida with a top memb  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. 23 -- 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. KANSAS READING ROADMAP * What's happening? Governor Laura Kelly's administration cut ties with Hysell & Wagner LLC, the company that operates the Kansas Reading Roadmap, last week. A 2017 audit found that the company received nearly $2.3 million in incorre  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 18 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On Sunday, Gov. Kathleen Blanco passed away after a long battle with ocular cancer. She broke barriers as Louisiana's first female governor, the first female chair of the Public Service Commission, and the first woman elected to represent her hometown of Lafayette. "Gov. Blanco was a trailblazer - she destroyed glass ceilings, fiercely defended the most vulnerable, and was a true Louisianian at  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 20 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, yesterday the Portland Press Herald published a scathing editorial on the Republican tax law that Senator Susan Collins helped pass, which is ballooning the deficit to pay for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. The editorial specifically calls out Senator Collins for promising the tax law would pay for itself through economic growth, "an argument made by ... Collins" that "tu  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 19 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Lavora Barnes in response to Vice President Mike Pence's visit: "The truth about the Trump administration's economic record can be found just a few miles away from where Mike Pence spoke today--at the closing GM plants in Warren and Hamtramck where workers are losing their jobs and Michigan families throughout the area are living under a cloud of uncertainty and financial anxiety. "While hardwor  more

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 19 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Montana Standard had some pointed words this weekend about Sen. Steve Daines' continued silence following the appointment of anti-public lands and anti-federal land management William Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Pendley, who was appointed to lead the BLM last month, has advocated for the sale of public lands and against federal management of lands, which he is now responsibl  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: In 2017, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner took sides with a Chinese-owned company against Ohio workers who were trying to organize, but two years later, as a new documentary reveals that Fuyao threatened to shut down the plant and fired union supporters, Turner now has a responsibility to call out the company's unfair labor practices. "Two years later it's obvious that the Ohio workers who were fighting for a union at Fuyao w  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 17 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The Ohio Democratic Party executive committee today voted unanimously to endorse resolutions condemning the state's recently blocked abortion ban and backing common-sense gun violence prevention proposals that have been introduced by Statehouse Democrats and passed by the U.S. House. "Ohio Democrats stand with Dayton and El Paso and every community that has been negatively impacted by gun violence," said Ohio Democ  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Yesterday, Pat Toomey and his Wall Street friends scored a big win by stripping down the Volcker Rule, a part of Dodd-Frank that protected American taxpayers from the risky financial maneuvers of big financial institutions that drove us into the 2008 recession. "One again, Pat Toomey is siding with Wall Street to make billionaires more money at the expense of the American taxpayer," said Beth Mel  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: An economic downturn could have major ramifications for Arizona's economy. In the wake of last week's market nosedive on Wall Street, stocks on Tuesday continued to slide as recession fears loom. Seventy-four percent of economists now predict the next recession will hit by the end of 2021 including thirty-eight percent who see it coming in the 2020 presidential election year, according to a survey by th  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 21 -- The South Dakota Republican Party issued the following news release: In response to the announcement of an August 7, 2019 audit by the Federal Elections Commission of the South Dakota Democrat Party, and subsequent news story by the Rapid City Journal, South Dakota Republican Party Chairman Dan Lederman offered the following statement in response. "We told you so," Lederman noted. "In November of 2017, the South Dakota Republican Party sent out a press release   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- The Oklahoma Democratic Party issued the following news release: Kalyn Free from Tulsa was elected to serve as the Democratic National Committeewoman on the Oklahoma Democratic Party Central Committee. Free will fill the seat of former Committeewoman, Betty McElderry, a party stalwart who passed away suddenly in July. "Betty is and always will be an icon within our state party, a woman who championed Democratic values of community, responsibility, and equali  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: During a special legislative session to address gun violence after the shooting in Virginia Beach, Republicans in the General Assembly cut and ran, voting to adjourn after 90 minutes and sending all 60 bills to the Virginia Crime Commission, instead of debating them in the legislature. In the time between Virginia Republicans' cowardly adjournment and today's first meeting of the Crime Commission, h  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: Yesterday, as Mike Pence visited Detroit to claim "the American economy is booming," U.S. Steel announced plans to lay off almost 200 Michigan steelworkers. The layoffs come after repeated lies by Trump claiming U.S. Steel was "building eight or nine plants" and "hiring thousands of workers all over the country," and represent the latest in a string of his broken promises. Despite Trump's claims to f  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 20 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: After years of opposing expanding Medicaid, Virginia Republicans are desperately trying to cover their tracks in a competitive election year. From changing their websites to talking out of both sides of their mouth about the expansion, they know their opposition to affordable health care for hundreds of thousands of Virginians is a liability. But nobody is flip-flopping more dishonestly than Delega  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 17 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following news release: On August 8, 2019, the Vermont Democratic Party filed a formal police report against Brandon Batham, former director of party operations. The report alleged Batham, over the course of calendar year 2019 until his departure from the Party in July, embezzled approximately $18,500 through various means, including payroll fraud. This updates the August 2, 2019 statement from the Vermont Democratic Part  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 22 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The Ohio Democratic Party today filed a public records request with the Ohio Secretary of State's office, seeking internal and external communications surrounding the latest confusion over the office's ongoing purging of voters, with the next purge scheduled for Sept. 6. "We hope that the public records we are seeking will help get to the bottom of the last few weeks of confusion and errors at the Secretary of Stat  more