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Amazing 12 Year-Old Takes on NC's Gov. McCrory on Voting Rights

Spoiler: she nails it. North Carolina 12 year-old Madison Kimrey isn’t happy about Republicans’ decision to end voting pre-registration for teens. And she’s not afraid to let them know it.

DGA Statement Regarding Tonight's Virginia Governor's Debate

WASHINGTON, DC—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, issued the following statement regarding tonight’s Virginia governor’s debate: “Tonight, Virginia voters saw Ken Cuccinelli for who he really is: a desperate candidate willing to say anything to rescue a political career that’s been devoted entirely to a radical ideological agenda. Between his false and flailing…

Report: Scott Walker decisions drove insurance rates higher in Wisconsin than in Minnesota

• STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | selbow@madison.com A consumer advocacy group said Wednesday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s rejection of federal Medicaid money and the state’s hands-off approach to rate regulation has pushed health care exchange rates up to 99 percent higher than in neighboring Minnesota. Robert Kraig, the executive director of Citizen Action of…

Obamacare Is Winning in Kentucky, Thanks to Gov. Steve Beshear

by Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller on the governor responsible for the unlikely red-state enthusiasm. Politics in my old Kentucky home has, for centuries, been awash in irreconcilable contradictions. We stuck with the Union in favor of our favorite son, Lincoln, but then joined in common cause with the Confederacy after the Civil War had ended. A century later, we boasted some of…

Schapiro: Women are the boot on Cuccinelli’s neck

Jeff E. Schapiro jschapiro@timesdispatch.com In endorsing fellow Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Doug Wilder alluded to the demographic advantage they share in candidacies for governor separated by 24 years: hefty, if not decisive, support among women. In 1989, as in 2013, women make up the majority of the electorate. They provided a narrow cushion for Wilder, the nation’s…

NEW DGA Web Ad: "Walking Dead"

Haley, Kasich, LePage, Cuccinelli, Scott, & Walker All Inextricably Linked To Toxic Tea Party Brand WASHINGTON, DC—As the Republican Party sinks to all-time lows in public polling, the Democratic Governors Association today released a new web ad, “Walking Dead,” which illustrates how Republican governors and their party’s candidates are vulnerable to defeats across the country because…

Floridians Just Don't Like Gov. Rick Scott

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON AP Political Writer Republican Gov. Rick Scott, whose catchphrase “It’s working” is the theme for his re-election, has been willing to try just about anything to get Floridians to like him. It’s not working. Since the day he was elected, polls have shown that more Floridians dislike him than like…

NC governor spending $230,000 on mansion bathrooms

By MICHAEL BIESECKER — Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory plans to spend up to $230,000 in taxpayer funds remodeling bathrooms in his private living quarters at North Carolina’s Executive Mansion even as he demands belt-tightening for public schools and social programs. Planned upgrades include new marble, tubs and fixtures for six bathrooms on the…

Mary Burke Announces Run for WI Governor

Watch Mary Burke’s announcement below. Read DGA Chair Peter Shumlin’s statement here.

DGA Statement Regarding Mary Burke's Campaign For Wisconsin Governor

WASHINGTON, DC—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, today issued the following statement regarding Mary Burke’s candidacy for governor of Wisconsin: “Governor Walker has failed to deliver on his central promise of 250,000 new jobs because he’s been distracted by a divisive ideological agenda. Instead of working to come through on his…

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