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ICYMI: Mike Cooney and First Montanan to Sign Up for Medicaid Expansion Call Out Greg Gianforte For Supporting Efforts to Undermine Montanans’ Health Care

Cooney: “We must be honest — getting rid of the Affordable Care Act will be terribly destructive for this state. I’m disgusted that we’re put in this position.” Yesterday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, alongside the first Montanan to sign up for Medicaid expansion, called out Greg Gianforte for supporting Republican efforts to…

Democratic Campaign Committee Chairs Release Memo Outlining How Democrats Plan to Protect Access to Affordable Health Care As Republicans Seek to Nominate An Anti-ACA Justice

DGA Chair Gov. Phil Murphy joined the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Attorneys General Association, and Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee to release a memo outlining Democrats’ efforts to continue to protect the Affordable Care Act as health care remains a front and center issue in the 2020 election.…

DGA Releases New Video Highlighting Gov. Chris Sununu’s Trumpian Vetoes

Today, the Democratic Governors Association released a new video highlighting New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s Trumpian vetoes. With his vetoes, Sununu, a self-proclaimed “Trump guy through and through,” governs just like his mentor Donald Trump. Sununu vetoed a minimum wage increase while taking a $31,000 pay raise for himself. Likewise, Trump has said he thinks…

DGA Statement on Gov. Mike Parson Testing Positive For COVID-19

Today, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his wife, Teresa Parson, tested positive for COVID-19. The Democratic Governors Association released the following statement from DGA Deputy Communications Director Christina Amestoy: “We hope Governor Parson and Teresa Parson recover quickly. The pandemic is far from over – we have lost over 200,000 Americans, and the virus continues…

Govs On Deck – September 23, 2020

Govs on Deck Sep 23, 2020

Govs On Deck – September 23, 2020

Welcome to Wednesday and today’s edition of “Govs on Deck!” As a reminder, your favorite newsletter comes out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. As always, questions or suggestions? Send me a note at amestoy@dga.net. You can find us all on Twitter too – @A_Tall_Turner, @CEAmestoy, @JerusalemDemsas, and @andersonkayjay. We want this to be helpful, so let us know what other info/what…

ICYMI: On National Voter Registration Day, Every State, Every Vote Co-Chair Gov. Kate Brown Joins Center for American Progress Panel to Discuss Elections During COVID-19

Yesterday, Every State, Every Vote Co-Chair Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Center for American Progress (CAP) Action Fund VP of Democracy and Government Reform Sam Berger, and CAP Action Fund CEO Neera Tanden in a discussion to raise awareness about steps governors, mayors, and voting rights advocates are taking to protect…

ICYMI: Ben Salango Slams Gov. Jim Justice on Roads With New Ad As Local Elected Official Says Justice Has Abandoned West Virginians

County Commissioner Tom Bloom: “We’ve asked for the governor to come up, but we can’t find him… It just feels like we’re the bastard child.” West Virginia Democratic candidate Ben Salango slammed Gov. Jim Justice’s failure to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure yesterday with a new ad and a campaign stop in Monongalia County. Salango’s…

DGA-Backed Group Launches Two New Ads In Montana

Good Jobs MT, an independent organization backed by the Democratic Governors Association, released two new TV ads in Montana, “Thinks” and “Collects.” As Montana’s sole Congressman, Greg Gianforte has served his own interests at the expense of hard-working Montanans. The New Jersey multi-millionaire supported a statewide sales tax in Montana, but received millions in tax…

Ben Salango Launches Campaign Ad Hitting Jim Justice For Failing to Fix West Virginia’s Crumbling Infrastructure While Spending Taxpayer Dollars Boosting His Own Businesses

West Virginia Democratic candidate Ben Salango launched a new campaign ad today hitting GOP Gov. Jim Justice where it hurts – West Virginia’s notoriously bad roads. The ad, titled “Roads,” contrasts the recently paved street leading into the Justice-owned Greenbrier Hotel with the collapsing roads in the rest of the state. Justice made sure the…

ICYMI: WRAL Editorial Board Slams Dan Forest’s Campaign As A “Health Hazard,” Says His Lies Disqualify Him For Governor

“What [Dan Forest] REALLY is — a politician with little regard for truth, facts, science, decency or the health and safety of those he serves.” North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, whose comments on the COVID-19 pandemic have defied science and logic, has taken his dangerous, anti-facts, anti-science campaign rhetoric “to new…

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ICYMI: Mike Cooney and First Montanan to Sign Up for Medicaid Expansion Call Out Greg Gianforte For Supporting Efforts to Undermine Montanans’ Health Care

Democratic Campaign Committee Chairs Release Memo Outlining How Democrats Plan to Protect Access to Affordable Health Care As Republicans Seek to Nominate An Anti-ACA Justice

DGA Releases New Video Highlighting Gov. Chris Sununu’s Trumpian Vetoes

DGA Statement on Gov. Mike Parson Testing Positive For COVID-19

Govs On Deck – September 23, 2020

ICYMI: On National Voter Registration Day, Every State, Every Vote Co-Chair Gov. Kate Brown Joins Center for American Progress Panel to Discuss Elections During COVID-19

ICYMI: Ben Salango Slams Gov. Jim Justice on Roads With New Ad As Local Elected Official Says Justice Has Abandoned West Virginians

DGA-Backed Group Launches Two New Ads In Montana

Ben Salango Launches Campaign Ad Hitting Jim Justice For Failing to Fix West Virginia’s Crumbling Infrastructure While Spending Taxpayer Dollars Boosting His Own Businesses

ICYMI: WRAL Editorial Board Slams Dan Forest’s Campaign As A “Health Hazard,” Says His Lies Disqualify Him For Governor