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Dan Forest Begs Someone, Anyone To Aid His Flailing Campaign

“We Better Have People Come Down to Our Aid” After nearly a decade of running for governor, Dan Forest still can’t figure out how to raise more money than he spends. His astronomical burn rate prompted him to plead “we better have people come down to our aid.” He’s certainly going to need it. Let’s…

Trouble In Paradise: “Bad Blood” Between Trump And DeSantis Showcases Chaotic And Unprepared Republican Party

“…there’s only so much disloyalty Trump can take…” After Donald Trump pulled Gov. Ron DeSantis over the finish line in 2018, the once-desperate candidate has failed to “repay the political debt,” POLITICO reported today. It’s gotten to the point where one Florida Republican said “…there’s only so much disloyalty Trump can take from someone who…

Every State, Every Vote Responds To Trump Campaign’s Deceptive Facebook Ads Exploiting U.S. Census

With the official start of the 2020 U.S. census just one week away, the Trump campaign is wasting no time flooding Facebook with deceptive ads aimed at exploiting the official count for political gain. The Trump campaign’s ad asks users to “take the Official 2020 Congressional District Census” and then redirects users to a website…

Take It From Republican Holly Grange, Dan Forest Is Unelectable

On HB2, Divisiveness, Experience, Grange Lambasted Forest and the Attacks Aren’t Going Away Dan Forest is now the Republican nominee for Governor but Republican rival Holly Grange’s scathing criticisms will dog him through November. It’s clear Grange doesn’t think Forest can beat Gov. Roy Cooper, we agree: Forest may think he can skate past his…

DGA Statement on Dan Forest’s Nomination in North Carolina

DGA Executive Director Noam Lee issued the following statement regarding Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s nomination in North Carolina: “Dan Forest represents the worst of politics, focusing on a divisive, fanatical agenda that will cost jobs, hurt schools, and prevent North Carolinians from getting health care. As ‘chief architect’ of the job-killing HB2, he helped damage…

DGA Statement on Governor Roy Cooper’s Victory in North Carolina Primary

DGA Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today issued the following statement on Governor Roy Cooper’s primary victory in North Carolina: “Congratulations to Gov. Cooper on his primary victory tonight. In his first term, Gov. Cooper has made workforce development a key focus and tens of thousands of jobs have been created across the state.…

ICYMI: Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly Working to Expand Accessible Health Care to 150,000 Kansans

Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is urging the Kansas legislature to pass her Medicaid expansion plan by appearing with community leaders across the state this week. If the bill passes, it will expand health care access to 150,000 residents in the state. Kelly reached a bipartisan compromise on Medicaid expansion with the legislature in January,…

Govs Get It Done: Gov. Northam Makes Virginia First Southern State to Ban Conversion Therapy

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam yesterday signed a bill banning conversion therapy in the state. The new law makes Virginia the 20th state in the nation and the first state in the South to ban the widely-discredited practice for minors. “Conversion therapy is not only based in discriminatory junk-science, it is dangerous and causes lasting…

DGA Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Review the Trump Administration’s Harmful Lawsuit Against the ACA

DGA Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the Trump administration’s legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. “While President Trump continues his unrelenting attack on Americans’ health care and the Affordable Care Act, Democratic governors from coast to coast are fighting every day…

Gov. Roy Cooper Has “Highest Job Approval Rating” Of Any Major Political Figure In North Carolina

On teacher pay, Medicaid expansion, and now on his leadership of the state, Gov. Roy Cooper repeatedly earns top marks from North Carolinians. A new poll from Meredith College shows that Cooper is the “major political figure in the state with the highest job approval rating.” A recent poll from WRAL revealed a majority of…

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