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Does Rauner Still Believe His Administration Did Nothing Wrong at Quincy?

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Does Rauner Still Believe His Administration Did Nothing Wrong at Quincy?

Today, Governor Bruce Rauner is set to sign two bills in a delayed attempt to clean up his administration’s mismanagement of a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak at the Quincy Veterans’ Home. Rauner infamously stated he “would not do anything different” at Quincy despite the deaths of 13 residents and the resignation of his Director of Veterans’…

Bad Timing: Rauner Praises Trump Administration, As President Absolves Putin of Election Meddling

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Bad Timing: Rauner Praises Trump Administration, As President Absolves Putin of Election Meddling

Illinois Voter Database Widely Believed to be Hacked by Russians Talk about bad timing. Just as Governor Bruce Rauner was embracing President Donald Trump’s administration, Trump met with President Vladimir Putin and all but absolved Russia from accusations it interfered with America’s elections. Trump’s trip coincided with the announcement that the state’s voter database was “likely targeted” by Russian…

DGA Invests $1 Million in Rhode Island

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DGA Invests $1 Million in Rhode Island

Today the Democratic Governors Association announced that it has invested $1 million in the Alliance for a Better Rhode Island PAC to support the campaign for governor in Rhode Island. Alliance for a Better Rhode Island is an Independent Expenditure PAC. “Under Governor Raimondo’s leadership, Rhode Island is moving forward in building an economy that…

Jeff Johnson Rips Pawlenty’s First Ad And His Immigration Record

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Jeff Johnson Rips Pawlenty’s First Ad And His Immigration Record

Since Tim Pawlenty panicked about the primary and went negative, Jeff Johnson continues to gain steam. Today, Johnson told a conservative radio show, the Drew Radio Show, he’s “seen more volunteers and donations since the ad aired.” Host [31:05]: The first campaign ad came out last week from the Pawlenty camp. It was not very nice towards you.…

Rauner Praises Trump Admin on Friday, Pretends It Did Not Happen by Monday

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Rauner Praises Trump Admin on Friday, Pretends It Did Not Happen by Monday

What happened to Bruce Rauner this weekend? At a press conference today, Governor Bruce Rauner repeatedly dodged questions about his support for President Donald Trump, despite having spoken at a pro-Trump rally just days ago with Vice President Mike Pence. After deflecting two questions today, Rauner was asked if he supported President Trump. Rauner replied that he’s…

ICYMI – Editorial: Cagle-Kemp Slink Toward Election Day

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ICYMI – Editorial: Cagle-Kemp Slink Toward Election Day

“The Cagle-Kemp Reality Show Gives Moderate Voters Reason to Feel Uneasy About Voting Republican Come November” In case you missed it, the Savannah Morning News published a scathing editorial about the race-to-the-bottom in the Georgia Republican runoff. According to the paper, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Sec. of State Brian Kemp’s “relentless dirty campaigning has…

WATCH: CT GOP Candidates All Give Trump an ‘A’

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WATCH: CT GOP Candidates All Give Trump an ‘A’

Republicans Applaud Trump’s Attacks on Health Care, Immigrants, Reproductive Rights If anyone doubted that the GOP is now the party of Trump, the Connecticut Republican debate last week confirmed it. All five candidates were asked to give President Trump a grade for his first 18 months in office, and let’s just say they were pretty…

DGA Raises Record $26M in First Half of 2018

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DGA Raises Record $26M in First Half of 2018

DGA Now at $67M Raised for 2017-18 Cycle, a 24% Increase Over 4 Years Ago DGA Growth Propelled by 400% Increase from Individual Donors; 35,000 New Donors in 2018 Alone Today, the DGA announced it raised $26 million across all entities in the first half of 2018, a new record for the organization. The DGA…

What They’re Saying: Georgia GOP’s ‘Bloody Primary’ Hurting Their Chances in November

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What They’re Saying: Georgia GOP’s ‘Bloody Primary’ Hurting Their Chances in November

WaPo: ‘The intra-GOP drama increases the odds that Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams could prevail in November’ The Georgia Republican runoff is officially off the rails this week. This race has everything: criminal accusations, secret recordings, nasty insults, neck and neck polling. It’s the perfect storm of an ugly, damaging primary. Earlier this week, Sec. of…

Rumors No More. Tim Pawlenty Is In Trouble

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Rumors No More. Tim Pawlenty Is In Trouble

After Tim Pawlenty launched a brutal attack on GOP-endorsed candidate Jeff Johnson, people were left wondering why the former governor and D.C. lobbyist would use his first TV ad to attack Jeff Johnson. Well now we have an answer. It seems that Pawlenty’s strategy of hanging out in D.C., schmoozing in the swamp, and relying…

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