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NEW WEB AD: Hutchinson's Tax Cheating Shows He Can't Be Trusted To Fight For Middle-Class Families

The Democratic Governors Association today released a new web ad, “Cheat,” which features this week’s widespread news coverage detailing how Congressman Asa Hutchinson cheated on his property taxes for years and then seemingly lied about it when he got caught. On Sunday, the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette exposed that the longtime D.C. lobbyist, big-spending Washington bureaucrat, and Virginia voter took a homestead property tax credit…

Angry & Reckless Tom Foley Shows How Unfit He Is To Be Gov As He Blames Workers For Losing Their Jobs

A reckless, angry, and erratic Tom Foley showed just how unfit he is to be governor yesterday when he engaged in a war of words with local workers and an elected official at his own press event, blaming them for the closing of a paper mill and the loss of their jobs. It is particularly ironic that…

DGA Chair Shumlin Travels To Maine & South Carolina To Promote Michaud, Sheheen

This week, DGA Chair Governor Peter Shumlin traveled to Maine and South Carolina to highlight the importance of electing Mike Michaud and Vincent Sheheen governors of those states. In Maine, Governor Shumlin was joined by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and discussed how Governor LePage has embarrassed the people of his state with his insults, extremism, recklessness, and…

NEW TV AD: Nikki Haley Put Her Career Ahead Of Children's Lives

The Democratic Governors Association today launched a new television ad in South Carolina highlighting how Governor Nikki Haley has put her own political career ahead of children’s lives through her mismanagement of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the subsequent coverups that left children in abusive and, at times, deadly situations. The ad, “Interview,” features Betsy…

SCHAUER: We’ll Create An Economy That Works For Everyone, Not Just The Wealthy

On “The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd” this morning, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer discussed the need for a Michigan economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy. Rick Snyder cut taxes for companies, even if they shipped jobs overseas, and paid for it by cutting $1 billion dollars from schools and raising taxes on seniors. As governor,…

Multiple Examples of Mismanagement, Abuse and Neglect at Bruce Rauner Long-Term Care Homes

The Lee Newspapers this weekend broke the news about another health care system owned by Bruce Rauner’s GTCR rife with mismanagement, abuse and neglect. Rauner’s American Habilitation Services (AHS), a for-profit corporation formed in 1996 responsible for the housing and care for persons with disabilities, was subject to lawsuits and regulatory action as a result…

Both Ways Bob Beauprez Shows True Colors With Divisive 47% Comments

As GOP Gov Nominee Launches “Unity Tour,” Video Emerges Of Him Calling Half of Americans Mooching Freeloaders As Congressman Bob Beauprez launched a post-primary “unity tour” last week, Coloradans were getting a taste of who he really is: a typical Washington politician who claims he’d bring people together as governor, but who actually thinks nearly…

Radical Paul LePage's Actions Lead To Miserable Week

Maine Governor Paul LePage is having one miserable week. First, according to a new account in a tell-all book that he later refused to deny, it’s been exposed that LePage met with Sovereign Citizens, members of an extremist group labeled by the FBI as “domestic terrorists,” at least eight times. The governor then angrily called the Bangor Daily News…

DGA Statement on Harris v Quinn

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, today issued the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn: “Today’s decision is disappointing for Illinois workers who deserve to receive the fair wages and benefits that they’ve earned through their hard work. Unlike their Republican counterparts who are focused…

Brownback's Failed Experiment: Kansas in Fiscal Crisis

Governor Sam Brownback’s “real live experiment” – which massively cut taxes with no mechanism to make up the revenue to fund education or other middle-class priorities – has plunged the state into fiscal crisis. In one scathing headline after another over the last few months detailing the devastating impacts of Browback’s tax cuts, the failure of…

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