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King’s Retirement Creates Opening for Democrats in Suburban Long Island District and May Signal What’s Next in the Battlefield Rep. Pete King announced his retirement this week, confirming what we’ve long predicted: that Long Island is in play. And while we have known for months that privately local and national Republicans were worried about holding […]

Campaign watchdog groups say Adkins’ relationship with government contractor Cerner walks “right up to the line” Yesterday, The Kansas City Star reported that former Sam Brownback adviser and corporate lobbyist Amanda Adkins plans to continue working as an executive for Cerner Corporation while running for the Republican nomination in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. According to […]

DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos released the following statement on Governor John Bel Edwards’ re-election in a state President Trump carried by nearly 20-points in 2016: “Governor John Bel Edwards earned a second term by working to make health care more affordable and accessible for the people he serves in Louisiana. This is the second straight […]

Please see below for an update on the Special Election in California’s 25th Congressional District. DCCC Memorandum To:            Interested Parties From:        Andy Orellana, DCCC Western Press Secretary Date:         Friday, November 15, 2019 Subject:    California’s 25th District Special Election With California Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a special election in California’s 25th Congressional District, […]

Today, Democrats won a major legal victory in Florida as a court overturned the state’s law requiring that ballots list Republicans first, giving GOP candidates a documented and unfair advantage. The DCCC and our Democratic partners are also challenging similar ballot order statutes in three other states. From the court’s opinion: “Plaintiffs have proven—and this […]

Ads will reach persuadable voters across Florida’s 15th congressional district one day after embattled Congressman Ross Spano was revealed to be under criminal investigation by the Justice Department Today, after Congressman Ross Spano (FL-15) was revealed to be under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice, the DCCC is launching new ads highlighting Spano’s shameful […]

Today, on a party-line vote, Republicans in the North Carolina State Senate adopted a new congressional map after a three-judge panel unanimously rejected the standing version. In their decision, the panel explained, ”the 2017 Enacted Maps, as drawn, do not permit voters to freely choose their representative, but rather representatives are choosing voters upon sophisticated […]

After the House Ethics Committee revealed a new Department of Justice criminal investigation into Congressman Ross Spano, DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe issued the following statement:  “After taking his wealthy friends’ secret money to illegally finance his campaign, Congressman Spano is now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department. Every week, Ross Spano finds a new […]

El Comité de la Campaña del Congreso Democrático (DCCC) anunció hoy que recaudo más de $12.2 millones en octubre, convirtiendo este octubre fuera de año en el mejor de la historia del DCCC y mejorando lo que recaudo en octubre de 2017 por $4.5 millones. El reporte de octubre del DCCC está respaldado por el […]

All Alone On Long Island, Will Zeldin Be Next?   Monday, Pete King threw in the towel and officially announced his retirement, ushering in a wave of press highlighting vulnerabilities for House Republicans in suburban districts. Just two months ago, King said, “I fully intend to run for reelection,” and continued actively fundraising for his campaign. Now that […]