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DGA-Backed Group Announces Six-Figure Ad Buy in Michigan During College Football Bowl Season

Ads Will Air Across Michigan in 35 Games, Including Games Featuring Teams From Michigan Today, Put Michigan First, a group backed by the Democratic Governors Association, announced a six-figure television ad buy that will highlight Gov. Whitmer’s actions to lower costs for families after working with Republicans to pass historic auto insurance reforms. In particular,…

Axios: “GOP primary fights are already getting nasty”

New reporting from Axios is highlighting how Republicans “are facing crowded and increasingly nasty gubernatorial primaries…— with candidates sizing each other up over Donald Trump, election conspiracies and COVID-19 mandates” Races in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Idaho, have drawn anywhere from two to 12 Republican candidates vying for the governor’s mansion. To win…

What They Are Saying: Gov. Steve Sisolak Appoints Lisa Cano Burkhead as Lt. Gov. of Nevada

Today, Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed longtime educator Lisa Cano Burkhead to serve as Lt. Gov. of Nevada. Raised by immigrant parents, Burkhead is a highly-awarded former Spanish teacher and principal. Here’s what people are saying about the appointment: FOX 5 Las Vegas: “Sisolak said his team ‘looked outside of the box’ to find a new…

All Five Minnesota GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Refuse to Admit 2020 Election Results Were Legitimate

In the first minutes of last night’s GOP primary debate, all five Republican candidates for Minnesota governor exposed themselves as election conspiracy theorists. Moderator Hugh Hewitt asked whether Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, and not a single Republican said yes. Scott Jensen, Paul Gazelka, Michelle Benson, Neil Shah, and Mike Murphy all went…

NEW: In State Legislature Testimony, Witness Alleges Kristi Noem Abused Her Power, Gave Her Daughter Special Treatment

Kristi Noem is facing heightened pressure in the allegations she abused the power of her office and gave her family preferential treatment. A former state employee testified to the state legislature that Noem’s daughter got special treatment when getting her real estate appraiser’s license, and was allowed to redo her application additional times after Noem…

Leader of Baseless Election Review Touts Rebecca Kleefisch for Governor

Radical Rebecca Continues to Lean In on GOP’s Taxpayer-Funded Crusade Against Voters At an event last weekend, Rebecca Kleefisch appeared alongside and earned the support of election fraud conspiracy theorist Michael Gableman, the frontman of the Wisconsin GOP’s baseless, taxpayer-funded investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election results. Gableman faced backlash earlier this year after comparing the…

‘Scorched Earth’ Primary Now Playing on TV Across Georgia with Kemp Launching Attack Ads Against Perdue

Less than two weeks since David Perdue announced he’s running for governor, Brian Kemp is taking the “scorched earth” GOP primary to new heights by launching the first tv ad of the primary – a nasty attack on Perdue for his long record of shipping Georgia jobs overseas. Rather than try to defend his history…

New Report: Derek Schmidt Profits Off of Natural Gas Industry, While Slow-Walking Investigation Into Price Gouging That Left Kansans in the Cold

A new report from the Kansas Reflector reveals that Derek Schmidt “could be receiving thousands of dollars a year in income” from a natural gas well he owns while dragging his feet investigating the natural gas industry for price-gouging during a severe freeze last year. The Kansas Reflector added that this uncovered conflict of interest…

Colorado GOP Gov. Candidate Heidi Ganahl Says Election Conspiracy Group is “Doing Great Things”

Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl proudly endorsed a conspiracy group that believes the 2020 election was stolen. In a recent campaign event, Ganahl said the group was full of “great people” who are “doing great things.” The group’s “great things” include deploying volunteers to conduct vigilante-style door-to-door “voter verification” canvasses to collect evidence of…

DGA Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Texas Abortion Ban

From the Chair’s Desk Dec 10, 2021

DGA Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Texas Abortion Ban

The following is a statement from DGA Chair New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Texas abortion law: “Today’s ruling by SCOTUS to continue to allow reproductive health care clinics to challenge Texas’ extreme abortion legislation may feel like a relief, but a woman’s right to make her own…

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DGA-Backed Group Announces Six-Figure Ad Buy in Michigan During College Football Bowl Season

Axios: “GOP primary fights are already getting nasty”

What They Are Saying: Gov. Steve Sisolak Appoints Lisa Cano Burkhead as Lt. Gov. of Nevada

All Five Minnesota GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Refuse to Admit 2020 Election Results Were Legitimate

NEW: In State Legislature Testimony, Witness Alleges Kristi Noem Abused Her Power, Gave Her Daughter Special Treatment

Leader of Baseless Election Review Touts Rebecca Kleefisch for Governor

‘Scorched Earth’ Primary Now Playing on TV Across Georgia with Kemp Launching Attack Ads Against Perdue

New Report: Derek Schmidt Profits Off of Natural Gas Industry, While Slow-Walking Investigation Into Price Gouging That Left Kansans in the Cold

Colorado GOP Gov. Candidate Heidi Ganahl Says Election Conspiracy Group is “Doing Great Things”

DGA Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Texas Abortion Ban