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Billionaire Bruce: Businessman Who Skirts The Rules & Doesn't Pay Basic Fees

Did you know billionaire Bruce Rauner is a genius at business? Just ask him. But not so fast. After months of hearing from Billionaire Bruce himself – that he’s a smart businessman who raked in hundreds of millions from shady deals while exploiting the misery of others – he forgot an essential business practice: pay…

DGA Statement on Colorado's General Election for Governor

WASHINGTON, DC—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, tonight issued the following statement regarding primary results in Colorado and the general election for governor: “Under Governor John Hickenlooper’s bipartisan, business-oriented leadership, Colorado has made tremendous economic progress over the last four years. The unemployment rate has dropped from 9.1 percent to 5.8…

DGA Statement on Anthony Brown's Nomination for Maryland Governor

WASHINGTON, DC—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, tonight issued the following statement regarding Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown’s victory in the Maryland gubernatorial primary: “On behalf of all of our Democratic governors, I’d like to congratulate Anthony Brown for winning the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland. As a son of immigrants,…

New poll: the race for Governor remains in dead heat

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The race for governor remains a statistical dead heat between Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democrat Mike Michaud.. This is all according to a University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll commissioned by the Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sunday Telegram. 527 likely voters were surveyed by phone between June…

Walker "Criminal Scheme" Comes Amidst Tied Race For Reelection

Burke, Walker Deadlocked In Most Recent Marquette Law Poll With the breaking news that prosecutors are alleging that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was at the center of a “criminal scheme” to illegally coordinate national conservative groups during the 2012 recall election, the real political context is not the 2016 presidential race, but the tie race…

NEW TV AD: Snyder's “Tough Choices” Only Work For The Wealthy

The Democratic Governors Association today released a new television ad illustrating how Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s policies only work for the wealthiest and well-connected. The spot, “Tough Choices,” highlights Snyder’s massive cuts to education, his tax on seniors’ retirement income, and massive raises he gave to officials in his administration. “Governor Snyder’s ‘tough choices’ have only…

DGA Statement on Mike Michaud’s Nomination for Governor of Maine

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, tonight issued the following statement regarding Mike Michaud’s nomination for governor of Maine: “On behalf of all of our Democratic governors, I’d like to congratulate Mike Michaud on formally becoming the Democratic nominee for governor of Maine. Mike has a proven track record of bringing…

Brownback's "Experiment" Drives Kansas Into Fiscal Crisis, Punishes Middle Class

Upon taking office, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback promised a “real live experiment,” in which he’d make massive tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest individuals with no mechanism to pay for them. Three years later, the results are in, and they’re not pretty – the state has plunged into fiscal crisis and the middle class…

NEW TV AD: What “Asa Did” to Arkansas Families

Jobs and Opportunity, an organization affiliated with the Democratic Governors Association, today launched a new television ad in Arkansas highlighting what Congressman Asa Hutchinson did during his time as a D.C. lobbyist and big-spending Washington bureaucrat. “Asa Did” is the second spot in a new advertising campaign launched last week. The first, “Potential,” features an…

When Pronouns Attack: Billionaire Bruce Rauner's Diversity Vision Emerging

The past week has revealed some interesting things about Bruce Rauner’s vision of diversity – and his use of pronouns. For several weeks, the billionaire has run a television ad highlitghing his commitment to diversity. But what about diversity within his own business, GTCR, founded by Rauner some 32 years ago? Not so much. According…

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