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MEMO: A Clear Choice in Pennsylvania’s Race for Governor

Latest News May 16, 2018

MEMO: A Clear Choice in Pennsylvania’s Race for Governor

MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties FROM: Jared Leopold, DGA RE: A Clear Choice in Pennsylvania’s Race for Governor The Pennsylvania gubernatorial race is a study in contrasts: a steady leader working to change Harrisburg vs. an extreme, Trump-loving, Harrisburg swamp creature. On one side, you have Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, a man who is running on…

Rauner Forced to Cede Control of Party, Still Hasn’t Talked to Ives

Latest News May 16, 2018

Rauner Forced to Cede Control of Party, Still Hasn’t Talked to Ives

The nation’s most vulnerable incumbent was forced to partially cede control over his party’s operations this morning, as news broke Rauner’s hand-picked party chairman agreed to be a “co-chairman” to avoid a divisive party vote. Politico Illinois wrote Rauner’s bowing to reality shows “weakness” and would “never could have happened under Rauner two years ago.” But Rauner…

DGA Statement on Oregon Republican Primary

Latest News May 16, 2018

DGA Statement on Oregon Republican Primary

DGA Statement on Oregon Republican Primary Tonight, DGA Executive Director Elisabeth Pearson released the following statement on the Republican gubernatorial primary in Oregon: “Despite vastly outspending his rivals, Republican Knute Buehler struggled to make it out of Oregon’s ‘street fight’ of a primary,” said Pearson. “He now heads into the general election badly bruised and…

DGA Chair Inslee’s Statement on Governor Kate Brown’s Primary Victory

Latest News May 16, 2018

DGA Chair Inslee’s Statement on Governor Kate Brown’s Primary Victory

DGA Chair Inslee’s Statement on Governor Kate Brown’s Primary Victory Tonight, DGA Chair Jay Inslee released the following statement on Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s nomination for reelection: “I congratulate my friend Governor Kate Brown on earning the Democratic nomination for governor and look forward to continuing to work with her to move our states and…

Tim Pawlenty’s Taking His Ball And Going Home

Pawlenty Snubs Republican Activists, Forgoes Convention Process Recent Wall Street lobbyist Tim Pawlenty, who represents the perfect ideal of everything voters are rejecting in the Trump-era, will forgo courting base Republican activists because he is afraid he will lose the convention process. Someone break out the world’s smallest violin for the candidate who delayed entering…

Rauner Again Stands in the Way of Gun Safety Legislation with Cynical Amendatory Veto

Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner stood in the way of advancing a gun safety bill for the second time this year. Rauner issued an Amendatory Veto of a bill imposing a 72-hour waiting period for purchasing assault weapons and added in enough controversial provisions that the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board wrote he “did [his] best to…

Ives Spent Months Attacking Rauner’s Failed Leadership, and She’s Still Doing It

Yesterday, state Representative Jeanne Ives still did not endorse Governor Bruce Rauner, who she previously called a “pathological liar” and whose failed record she spent months highlighting. Here are just a few examples of what Rauner’s antagonist thinks about the Republican candidate for governor, all said after he won the primary: Ives: “He’s unelectable in…

GOP Unity Watch: Kasich ‘Unsure’ How Much He’ll Support DeWine

Kasich Won’t Say if He’ll Even Campaign With GOP Nominee In case you missed it, Gov. John Kasich’s endorsement snub of Mike DeWine is still making waves in the Ohio governor’s race. Kasich told the Michigan Press Association on Friday that he wasn’t sure if he would ever campaign for DeWine. You read that correctly.…

Connecticut Republicans Emerge From Chaotic Convention More Divided Than Ever

Nasty, Expensive, and Wide-Open Primary Looms on the Horizon Connecticut Republicans went into last weekend’s convention hoping to get some clarity in their nomination process, but after a historic 5 hour multi-ballot ordeal, the party emerged more divided than ever. The convention was “chaotic” and “circus-like” race to the right that hasn’t really sorted…

Video: Rauner Breaks Silence to Praise Trump’s Policies

At the Kemp Forum last Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner was given a golden opportunity to break his silence on President Donald Trump and show the people of Illinois that he would stand up for them. Instead, he praised Trump’s policies. Rauner was asked how the president was doing and said “I applaud” the Republicans’ middle-class…

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MEMO: A Clear Choice in Pennsylvania’s Race for Governor

Rauner Forced to Cede Control of Party, Still Hasn’t Talked to Ives

DGA Statement on Oregon Republican Primary

DGA Chair Inslee’s Statement on Governor Kate Brown’s Primary Victory

Tim Pawlenty’s Taking His Ball And Going Home

Rauner Again Stands in the Way of Gun Safety Legislation with Cynical Amendatory Veto

Ives Spent Months Attacking Rauner’s Failed Leadership, and She’s Still Doing It

GOP Unity Watch: Kasich ‘Unsure’ How Much He’ll Support DeWine

Connecticut Republicans Emerge From Chaotic Convention More Divided Than Ever

Video: Rauner Breaks Silence to Praise Trump’s Policies