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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

Latest News Feb 05, 2018

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”

Latest News Feb 05, 2018

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

Latest News Feb 05, 2018

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…

Rauner Doubling-Down on Dishonesty as Blind Trust Scandal Grows

Latest News Feb 05, 2018

Rauner Doubling-Down on Dishonesty as Blind Trust Scandal Grows

PolitiFact: “False” For Rauner To Claim He Was Not Conducting Personal Business Governor Bruce Rauner is still reeling from the scandal surrounding his not-so-blind trust, and judging by an interview he gave on Friday, he seems intent to lie his way out of it. The Associated Press reported that Rauner held at least one meeting with former business associate…

Rauner’s Groundhog Day: New “Pants on Fire” Rating for Balanced Budget Claim

Rauner, Who Repeatedly Lied about His Grandparents Being Immigrants, Dinged Again by PolitiFact Okay, campers, rise and shine. It’s Groundhog Day! And in the spirit of the holiday, Governor Bruce Rauner earned himself another “Pants on Fire” rating for telling his favorite lie – that he introduced a balanced budget as Governor. Rauner repeated this…

ICYMI: Scott Walker Called Out For “Leaving Women Out and Leaving Women Behind”

Governor Scott Walker’s failure to mention women in his State of the State address did not go unnoticed by the women of Wisconsin. Six women members of the Wisconsin State Assembly called him out, writing in an op-ed: At a time when today’s women’s movement is at the forefront of news and politics, it seems…

Ducey Stays Silent Even After Arpaio Talks With Anti-Semitic Publication Five Times

What Will It Take For Governor Ducey To Do The Right Thing? National and Arizona Republicans are fretting about Joe Arpaio becoming the “next Roy Moore,” and with good reason. Yesterday, it was reported yesterday Sheriff Joe has given not one, not two, but five interviews to an anti-Semitic publication and “declined to criticize it…

CT-GOP Recruiting Nightmare Continues: Klarides Trashes Field on Tuesday, Now Not Running for Gov

Klarides Tuesday: Unimpressed with the current GOP field Klarides Wednesday: I’m not running for gov either The Republican recruiting mess in Connecticut just got a whole lot worse this week. Just one day after House GOP Leader Themis Klarides slammed the current Republican field running for governor, she refused to get into the…

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The Latest

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

Rauner Doubling-Down on Dishonesty as Blind Trust Scandal Grows

Rauner’s Groundhog Day: New “Pants on Fire” Rating for Balanced Budget Claim

ICYMI: Scott Walker Called Out For “Leaving Women Out and Leaving Women Behind”

Ducey Stays Silent Even After Arpaio Talks With Anti-Semitic Publication Five Times

CT-GOP Recruiting Nightmare Continues: Klarides Trashes Field on Tuesday, Now Not Running for Gov