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Tim Pawlenty Kicks Off Gubernatorial Bid…In Florida

The Candidate Apparently Forgets Where Minnesota Is Located When you have spent 6 years making millions of dollars lobbying for Wall Street, it can be hard to remember exactly where “home” is. It can be even more difficult if you still haven’t left your old job yet. So forgive Tim Pawlenty for heading south towards…

Rauner Slammed by Leading Opinion Voices for Failure to Show Leadership on Guns

WGN’s Walter Jacobson: “Here He Goes Again, Our Governor, Bruce Rauner, Refusing to Take a Position.” Over the weekend, WGN’s Walter Jacobson and Chicago Tribune’s Dahleen Glanton called out Governor Bruce Rauner for failing to lead on gun violence prevention. Rauner has put great effort into avoiding the issue and often papers over specifics by saying he wants a “good…

Ethical Questions Surround Pawlenty As He Courts Donors While Shilling For Wall Street

Pawlenty Is Lobbying And Fundraising At The Same Time Tim Pawlenty just can’t seem to let his job as a super-lobbyist go. Whether it is because the money is too good, or because he wants to make a positive final impression on his Wall Street buds before he goes to them hat in hand, Pawlenty…

Rauner Headlines Fundraiser Featuring a “Star and Stripes” Painted AR-15 Raffle and His AG Candidate Still Reeling from Anti-LGBT Comment

Rauner Failure of Leadership on Display at Whiteside County GOP Fundraiser Last night, Governor Bruce Rauner spoke at the Whiteside County Republican Party’s annual fundraising dinner where “a specially customized AR-15 rifle painted with stars and stripes” was raffled off. Embattled Attorney General candidate Erika Harold also appeared at the event, still reeling from news…

Kim Reynolds Afraid of Own Education Record, Hides From High School Students

Education in Iowa Underfunded Under Reynolds Governor Kim Reynolds’ record on education is so bad that now she’s even hiding from high school students! KWQC reported yesterday that when Governor Reynolds visited Davenport Central High School, students were not allowed into the event. Reynolds must know that her record of underfunding public education goes over like a…

Does Rauner Stand by His Hand-Picked Attorney General Candidate, Erika Harold?

Harold Said She Would Rather Have Foster Kids Grow Up in an Abusive Household Than with a Same-Sex Couple Rauner “Personally Recruited” Harold And Gave Her $350k To Win Her Primary, Now Silent Another one of Governor Bruce Rauner’s political allies is in hot water, and Rauner’s dodging the tough questions. NBC Chicago reported in…

On International Women’s Day, RNC Snubs Highest-Ranking Woman in Ohio

Latest News Mar 08, 2018

On International Women’s Day, RNC Snubs Highest-Ranking Woman in Ohio

Ohio Republican Party Authorizes RNC To Help Mike DeWine Over Lt. Governor Mary Taylor Today, on International Women’s Day, Ohio Republicans authorized the RNC to spend money on behalf of Mike DeWine in his primary fight with Lt. Governor Mary Taylor. The gender dynamics of this race are impossible to ignore, and Ohio papers have…

ICYMI: Rauner Admin’s Handling of Quincy Slammed as a “Downward Spiral of Malfeasance”

Latest News Mar 08, 2018

ICYMI: Rauner Admin’s Handling of Quincy Slammed as a “Downward Spiral of Malfeasance”

The Ottawa Times: Rauner Admin Put More Focus on Reputations than Caring for Veterans Yesterday, The Ottawa Times took Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration to task for showing more concern for their reputations than caring for residents of the Quincy Veterans’ Home. Three years of Legionnaires’ outbreaks at the state-run facility killed 13 and sickened dozens…

PA-GOV Race to the Right: It’s “Dollar General Donald Trump” Scott Wagner vs. “Even Wackier” Paul Mango

Latest News Mar 08, 2018

PA-GOV Race to the Right: It’s “Dollar General Donald Trump” Scott Wagner vs. “Even Wackier” Paul Mango

Pennsylvania’s Republican primary has devolved into contest of B-team candidates hellbent on out-crazying each other. State Sen. Scott Wagner has physically attacked trackers, attributed climate change to “warm bodies,” and launched into an anti-Semitic tirade. But as York Daily Record columnist Mike Argento writes, his top opponent Paul Mango might be “even wackier”: I’m beginning…

Reynolds Running for Reelection, Can’t Run from Her Record

Latest News Mar 08, 2018

Reynolds Running for Reelection, Can’t Run from Her Record

Tonight, DGA Executive Director Elisabeth Pearson released the following statement on failed Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ reelection launch: “Failed Governor Kim Reynolds can run for reelection, but she can’t run from her record of putting extreme partisan special interests ahead of the people of Iowa. Between the Reynolds Budget Crisis that’s spoiling the state’s education…

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Tim Pawlenty Kicks Off Gubernatorial Bid…In Florida

Rauner Slammed by Leading Opinion Voices for Failure to Show Leadership on Guns

Ethical Questions Surround Pawlenty As He Courts Donors While Shilling For Wall Street

Rauner Headlines Fundraiser Featuring a “Star and Stripes” Painted AR-15 Raffle and His AG Candidate Still Reeling from Anti-LGBT Comment

Kim Reynolds Afraid of Own Education Record, Hides From High School Students

Does Rauner Stand by His Hand-Picked Attorney General Candidate, Erika Harold?

On International Women’s Day, RNC Snubs Highest-Ranking Woman in Ohio

ICYMI: Rauner Admin’s Handling of Quincy Slammed as a “Downward Spiral of Malfeasance”

PA-GOV Race to the Right: It’s “Dollar General Donald Trump” Scott Wagner vs. “Even Wackier” Paul Mango

Reynolds Running for Reelection, Can’t Run from Her Record