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New Poll Shows Commanding Lead for Oregon Governor Kate Brown

Latest News Feb 07, 2018

New Poll Shows Commanding Lead for Oregon Governor Kate Brown

Oregon Voters Give Brown High Favorable Marks A new poll by Oregon Public Broadcasting shows Oregon Governor Kate Brown with a commanding lead over Republican Knute Buehler. 46% of Oregonians support Brown, well above the 29% backing Buehler. In addition to her strong performance on the ballot test, Brown’s net favorability stands at +12 despite Republican special…

Rauner Administration Hampering Inquiry into Legionnaires’ Outbreak Response

Latest News Feb 07, 2018

Rauner Administration Hampering Inquiry into Legionnaires’ Outbreak Response

Rauner Admin Delaying, Denying Requests for Public Records about State’s Botched Response Today, Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration appeared before a legislative body investigating the state’s botched response to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a state-run veterans’ home in Quincy. Over three years, 13 people died. At a hearing last month, lawmakers asked the administration…

On Day 1 of Exploratory Campaign, Pawlenty Admits He’s A Washingtonian Now

Latest News Feb 07, 2018

On Day 1 of Exploratory Campaign, Pawlenty Admits He’s A Washingtonian Now

Governor-Turned-Lobbyist Brags on National TV About ‘My Job In Washington” After spending 6 years making millions of dollars to lobby on behalf of Wall Street, Tim Pawlenty has made himself at home in the nation’s Capital. On day 1 of his exploratory campaign for governor, Pawlenty went on Fox Business yesterday to tout his “decision to leave my…

Rauner Refuses to Criticize Trump Policies that Target Illinoisans

Latest News Feb 07, 2018

Rauner Refuses to Criticize Trump Policies that Target Illinoisans

At a Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board meeting yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner once again showed Illinois voters he will not stand up to President Trump and his policies. Rauner told the board that his “biggest concern” with Trump was the “the rhetoric, the tone, the words.” Not the policies. Rauner’s statement rings true – he has either been…

Pawlenty Made Millions Lobbying For Wall Street While Minnesotans Tried To Recover From The Recession

Does He Really Think Minnesotans Are This Gullible? Tim Pawlenty has spent the last 6 years making millions of dollars shilling for Wall Street so they could get sweetheart deals after the recession. In fact, he was the CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable. He fought to roll back regulations to prevent another financial meltdown,…

Incumbent Governor Rauner Forced to Turn Attention to Republican Primary

Nation’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent Begins Running Ads Against Primary Opponent after Failing to Avoid Serious Challenge It was never supposed to get this far. Today, news broke that Governor Bruce Rauner will air an attack ad against his primary opponent, State Representative Jeanne Ives. Rauner tops most national lists as the “most vulnerable incumbent” running for reelection,…

Walker Caught Telling a Whopper on Wisconsin’s Infrastructure

Today, Politifact came out with a new report labeling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s frequent claims about infrastructure investment “Mostly False.” According to the report, Walker was caught double counting the same infrastructure dollars and failing to take inflation into account. A poll from last fall shows that the people of Wisconsin aren’t falling for Governor Walker’s shady…

Oregon GOP Primary Race to the Right Continues With Entrance of Wooldridge

Divided GOP Base Pushes Candidates Far Outside of Oregon’s Mainstream The race to the right in Oregon’s gubernatorial primary continued last week with the entrance of Greg Wooldridge. Wooldridge, who describes himself as “more conservative,” is certain to drag the rest of the field including Knute Buehler and Sam Carpenter even further to the right, bloodying the…

ICYMI: “Shawn Moody – LePage’s Mini Me”

In a new column in the Bangor Daily News, Republican strategist Lance Dutson hits Maine gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody for positioning himself as “LePage’s mini me,” while having “neither the intellectual ability to do so nor the ideological belief” of the current Governor. While attempting to go fully LePage may help Moody with a Republican…

The South Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Primary Makes You Wonder What Century We’re Living In

The South Carolina gubernatorial primary is starting to sound a lot like it’s taking place 70 years in the past. To recap: Gov. Henry McMaster refused to leave his all-white country club. Catherine Templeton called herself a “proud daughter of the Confederacy.” And just last night, Catherine Templeton used her speech at Bob Jones University…

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New Poll Shows Commanding Lead for Oregon Governor Kate Brown

Rauner Administration Hampering Inquiry into Legionnaires’ Outbreak Response

On Day 1 of Exploratory Campaign, Pawlenty Admits He’s A Washingtonian Now

Rauner Refuses to Criticize Trump Policies that Target Illinoisans

Pawlenty Made Millions Lobbying For Wall Street While Minnesotans Tried To Recover From The Recession

Incumbent Governor Rauner Forced to Turn Attention to Republican Primary

Walker Caught Telling a Whopper on Wisconsin’s Infrastructure

Oregon GOP Primary Race to the Right Continues With Entrance of Wooldridge

ICYMI: “Shawn Moody – LePage’s Mini Me”

The South Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Primary Makes You Wonder What Century We’re Living In