PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 26 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Felecia Rotellini in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing the House will proceed with an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump: "The Arizona Democratic Party has full confidence in the leadership of Speaker Pelosi and her judgment to do the right thing. "As a co-equal branch of Government, Congress has the right to investigate this Administration for any wrongdoing. Pr  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 25 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Unelected U.S. Sen. Martha McSally today once again voted to raid $30 million in military construction funds from Arizona's Fort Huachuca, while leaving the door open to further Arizona funding raids. McSally voted "no" on a Senate resolution to curtail Donald Trump's ability to raid military construction funding to pay for a border wall -- a reprisal of her March 2019 vote to do the same. THEN: In M  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 27 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: It's been two years since Martha McSally and Washington Republicans first put forth their tax law proposal that has, as projected, disproportionately rewarded powerful corporations and the richest Americans while leaving hardworking families behind: "Twice as many companies paying zero taxes under Trump tax plan." According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, large corpora  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 26 -- The California Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Rusty Hicks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that the House will move forward with an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump: "Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats made the difficult, but necessary decision to open an official impeachment inquiry of President Trump, who has repeatedly undermined his constitutional duties and put our Country at risk. "This co  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- The California Democratic Party issued the following letter: The Assembly Delegate Election Meeting's (ADEM) election process can be one of the California Democratic Party's greatest assets in organizing the state and getting more activists involved in the Party. Traditionally, the ADEM elections have been a less than robust process. In fact, statewide turnout in ADEM elections typically included no more than 12,000 voters. Starting in 2017, turnout increase  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 23 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Nancy Wyman on the United Automobile Workers strike against General Motors: "As week two of the UAW strike against GM begins, we urge GM to negotiate a fair agreement with workers. "GM's cynical move to stop paying striker health benefits is not just cruel, but ironic. The reason all employees--union and non-union--have health insurance is because the unions first negotiated the benefit  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Over the past few days, John Cornyn has done everything in his power to deny and discredit the whistle-blower complaint against Donald Trump. Cornyn had several chances to acknowledge Trump's wrongdoing and put Texans over politics. He refused every single time. After Donald Trump himself admitted that the complaint was true, Cornyn still refuses to acknowledge the complaint and states the allegations a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: John Gray, the Republican nominee for chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, is an avid Trump supporter known for praising Corey Stewart's white supremacy and making other inflammatory and hateful statements. Yet Prince William County Republicans have stood by him, even as they've lost nearly every election in the county since Trump's election. But yesterday's revelations that   more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 23 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry: Former Executive Director of the Idaho Democratic Party Elle Casner will be reinstated as Executive Director effective Sept. 26, 2019. Elle Casner as been with the IDP since February of 2015 as Chief Financial Officer and then as Executive Director from November of 2017 to March 2019. She remained with the Party as a Senior Advisor until September 2019 when she agreed to return as Executive Dir  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 25 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Terrie Rizzo in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump: "Today Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the necessary step to safeguard our democracy from tyranny. A formal impeachment inquiry is a serious step, but President Donald Trump's blatant actions while in office have left the Speaker and the House of Representatives no choice.   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Terrie Rizzo: Florida's junior senator voted to uphold Donald Trump's theft of millions of dollars from Tyndall Air Force Base to build his border wall. On September 25, Sen. Rick Scott voted against terminating Trump's border wall emergency declaration. As part of Trump's emergency declaration, he cut $17 million from Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base that is still recovering from Hurricane M  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: After the whistleblower report was released, Florida's Republican leaders have leapt to Donald Trump's defense. Governor Ron DeSantis launched a "Presidential Protection Fund," Senator Rick Scott went "full partisan" in his defense of Trump, while Senator Marco Rubio showed his full hypocrisy, saying he doesn't want to talk about the details, while also fundraising off of it. Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Fl  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: Today marks two years since Donald Trump and congressional Republicans introduced their tax bill -- promising to lift up Florida Families, but has instead helped millionaires, billionaires, and large corporations. FDP Chair Terrie Rizzo released the following statement on Trump's record of Broken Promises to Florida Families: "Donald Trump promised Floridians they would see a decrease in taxes -- but ins  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: On Saturday, the Florida Democratic Party, in partnership with the National Democratic Training Committee, hosted a first-of-its-kind candidate training in Northwest Florida where over 70 Democrats were trained. Those trained included potential candidates, campaign staff, and party leaders from Bay, Okaloosa, Escambia, Gulf, Santa Rosa and Walton counties. The training, which is a part of FDP's Municipal   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: In the general election on Tuesday, November 5th, Pennsylvania voters will elect two judges to open seats on Pennsylvania's Superior Court. Today, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party announced that Governor Tom Wolf is endorsing Democrats Amanda Green-Hawkins and Judge Dan McCaffery for those seats. "Protecting the rights of workers, women, and our most vulnerable is crucial to building a commonwea  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: The Florida Democratic Party will kick off National Voter Registration Day with an army of hundreds of volunteers and party organizers registering Floridians to vote all across the Sunshine State. National Voter Registration Day is September 24. For the occasion, the Florida Democratic Party is planning to register over 1,000 voters in a day. The Florida Democratic Party has planned dozens of events acros  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 27 -- 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? The e-cigarette epidemic, the United Auto Workers' continued strike, and the first meeting of the governor's tax reform council! What's happening? A second Kansan has died from a vaping-related illness, Gov. Laura Kelly ann  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: Putting Kentucky First, an organization supported by the Republican Governors Association (RGA), today released two new television ads featuring Kentucky voters speaking out against Andy Beshear's position on sanctuary cities. Watch the ad at RealAndyBeshear.com. In powerful testimonials, Kentuckians voice their concerns that Beshear is simply "too liberal" and that, if elected, Beshear would allow  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 26 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following statement by Executive Director Stephen Handwerk regarding Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry: "This morning, Louisianians received a rude awakening. First, when Jeff Landry woke us up with a 3 a.m. campaign text; then, when we saw that he's still lying about his fight to rip healthcare away from 800,000 Louisianians.," "The truth is, a last resort bill to save your healthcare wouldn't even be necessary  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 24 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Tuesday, the Louisiana Democratic Party announced the launch of their Voter Protection Plan, the party's biggest voter protection effort ever. The Voter Protection Plan is an effort to make every vote count during Louisiana's election season. "With so much at stake this October, Louisiana Democrats are committed to protecting your sacred right to vote and fighting back against any and all atte  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 25 -- The Maryland Democratic Party issued the following news: On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress would open a formal impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Donald Trump. Recent reports revealed that Trump withheld $400 million in appropriated military aid to Ukraine shortly before he spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone in July. According to news reports, Trump and Zelensky spoke by phone to discuss "corru  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 24 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Republicans grow "increasingly grim" about their odds in Michigan, failed Senate candidate John James isn't doing much to ease their concerns. In fact, James isn't doing much of anything at all in Michigan -- sidestepping public events and local press for Fox News appearances and staying "under wraps" rather than talk to Michiganders about his toxic agenda. In two separate recent interviews, Michi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 24 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb applauded the announcement Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Kleeb is further calling for Nebraska voters to send a clean slate of representatives to Wahsington, D.C. who will stand against corruption: "Trump's questionable, immoral and possibly illegal behavior has been well-documented for years  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 25 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Yesterday, on National Voter Registration Day, NV Dems hosted successful voter registration drives across Nevada alongside Democratic presidential campaigns. NV Dems Chair William McCurdy II, Speaker Jason Frierson, and Clark County Dems Chair Donna West in Las Vegas and Senator Julia Ratti and Washoe County Dems Chair Sarah Mahler in Reno energized more than 200 volunteers before heading out to reg  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 25 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: As co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, Sen. Rob Portman claims to be an advocate for Ukraine -- so it's strange he has been echoing Donald Trump's talking points on the scandal, rather than calling for an investigation into how the president sought "to use U.S. leverage with the new leader of Ukraine for Trump's political gain." "Instead of pushing for an inquiry into exactly what happened with Donald Trump ask  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: As Donald Trump made his fifth trip to the Buckeye State this year to spend time with an Australian billionaire (and Mar-a-Lago member), Ohio Democrats held the president accountable for his failed policies and broken promises. Lima News: Democrats make their presence known The "Make Australia Great Again" tour. That's the name an official with the Auglaize County Democratic Party gave Donald Trump's visit to Wa  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 24 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: The Ohio Supreme Court's Republican majority once again served as the GOP-led legislature's "backstop" in upholding a 2016 law that attacked local communities' home-rule authority and struck down the city of Cleveland's "Fannie Lewis" law that is designed to protect jobs for local workers. "Today's ruling shows exactly why the two Ohio Supreme Court seats that will be on the ballot next year are so critical for ou  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: On National Voter Registration Day, the Florida Democrats voter protection team are reminding Floridians of how and what they need in order to register to vote. Today, the Florida Democratic Party is planning to register over 1,000 voters in a day. As part of the day's efforts, the Florida Democratic Party Voter Protection Department offers helpful tips for registering to vote: * Someone can register to   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 23 -- The Oregon Democratic Party issued the following news release: This weekend, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 called on consumers to boycott, effective immediately, all Fred Meyer departments in Oregon and Southwest Washington where employees are now working without a labor contract. Oregon Democrats are responding to that call with steadfast and resolute support. "Our union allies are on the front lines of the struggle for livable wages and bet  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Pat Toomey is trying to get credit for calling Donald Trump's actions around Ukraine "inappropriate," and hoping he can play a political game by not calling for an impeachment inquiry. But let's be clear those "inappropriate" actions Senator Toomey is referring to are impeachable offences. This weekend, Pat Toomey said on Meet the Press that it is not appropriate for a sitting president to ask fo  more

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia, Sept. 26 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: Senators Scott Surovell and Jeremy McPike, Delegates John Bell and Elizabeth Guzman, and Democratic candidates for local offices will host a press conference on Thursday, September 26 at 3:15 p.m. The candidates will discuss recently uncovered tweets from Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chair Republican nominee John Gray. Some examples of the tweets are included below. The Washington   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Gilberto Hinojosa calling for impeachment inquiries against President Trump: "No president is above the law. "Over the past few days, we've found out the President of the United States used the powers of the presidency to request a foreign government investigate a potential political opponent and threatened to withhold aid from the foreign country if they did not comply. Trump has betrayed our democr  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Gilberto Hinojosa: As the biggest battleground state in the country, the Texas Democratic Party is proud to announce DNC Chair Tom Perez will keynote the annual Texas Democrats Johnson-Jordan Dinner on October 5, 2019 in Austin. Fresh off hosting the Third Democratic debate in Houston, The Democratic National Committee is planning unprecedented investments to help flip Texas. Texas Democratic Party   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 27 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement by Deputy Executive Director Cliff Walker on the two-year anniversary of President Trump's tax scam: Two years ago, Trump, Cornyn, and the Republican Party introduced their tax scam that raised taxes on middle and working-class families. Trump's tax scam has already raised taxes for over 5 million Texans. In fact, the Trump agenda raised taxes on most Texans who work to make ends meet, gave handouts to his wea  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement by Communications Director Abhi Rahman: "Texas is the biggest battleground state. That's why vulnerable State Representative Dwayne Bohac threw in the towel instead of being thrown out of office. "Republicans know we will take back the Texas House and win up and down the ballot. "Texas Democrats will flip House District 138. While Republicans run scared, Texas Democrats are focused on registering new voters   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Gilberto Hinojosa after Texas State Rep. Celia Israel was named as the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee Chair: "To flip the Texas House, we need a fighter who has a record of accomplishment and a vision for the future that builds on the progress Democrats have made. That fighter is Celia Israel. "The Texas Democratic Party is so proud Celia Israel will serve as the Texas House Democratic Ca  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following press document: Today, September 23, 2019 marks the 51st day since the El Paso Shooting and the 23rd day since the Midland-Odessa shooting. Since these two terrible tragedies, Governor Greg Abbott and Republicans in the state legislature continue to refuse to call an emergency special session to pass common-sense solutions to end gun violence and eradicate white supremacy despite the fact that gun laws were weakened eve  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Today marks the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans introducing their tax bill -- and it's been two years of broken promises for Ohio's working families, as millionaires, billionaires and big corporations have been the main beneficiaries of the GOP tax scam. "In 2017, Donald Trump promised the American people that his tax bill would 'protect low-income and middle-income households, n  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 27 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news: Today marks the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump introducing his tax scam bill. The bill, which Trump promised would improve wages, bring back jobs from overseas, and improve hard working people's well being, has turned out to be nothing more than a handout to the richest Americans and largest corporations. "When the GOP first introduced this legislation, we sounded the alarm bell because we knew it   more