Press Release

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released its latest television advertisement targeting Congressman Michael Grimm in New York’s 11th Congressional district, highlighting the fact that Grimm was arrested earlier this year and indicted on 20 counts, including evading taxes, wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. The ad features testimonials from […]

Since CNN’s explosive coverage of allegations of sexual harassment against Carl DeMaio, coverage has been widespread as San Diego voters say they don’t want another Bob Filner-esque scandal. Even as Speaker John Boehner campaigns with DeMaio – despite his zero-tolerance policy for ethical problems, another one of DeMaio’s political allies – Bonnie Dumanis, the San […]

TO: Interested Parties FR: Christina Coloroso, DCCC Director of Targeting and Analytics DT: October 10, 2014 RE: FL 26 Poll: Garcia Leads Curbelo Following Curbelo’s ‘Ponzi scheme’ Comment Representative Joe Garcia leads Carlos Curbelo by 5 points, 45% to 40%, with 15% undecided as of the DCCC’s latest live, bilingual survey poll of likely voters […]

Troubling new details are emerging about climate change denier Mike Coffman’s cozy relationship with Big Oil Companies. According to a new report in the Colorado Independent, not only has Coffman taken more than $500,000 from Big Oil companies and denied the science behind climate change, Coffman “routinely receives checks from oil-industry donors in the weeks […]

An explosive new story in Politico reveals that Barbara Comstock used her delegate position in Richmond to push through the legislative priorities of her paying clients – and then attempted to cover up her potential conflict of interest. From Politico: “Barbara Comstock shepherded a trio of bills that were opposed by labor interests through the […]

Following is the statement from Brandon Lorenz of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on tonight’s debate in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District: “Former Congressman Bobby Schilling can’t escape the simple truth: when he was in Congress he voted for a budget that protects tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas, and then callously turned his back […]

Following is the statement from Brandon Lorenz of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on today’s debate in Illinois’ 12th Congressional District: “Tonight Southern Illinois voters saw firsthand just how badly Meltdown Mike Bost has lost his grip on reality after nearly 20 years in Springfield, when they witnessed Bost bizarrely try to deny support for a […]

Following is the statement from Brandon Lorenz of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on today’s debate in Iowa’s 1sth Congressional District: “Whether it was his own columns advocating for  privatizing Social Security or taking a huge bonus after downsizing his company and laying off Iowans, it is clear that Rod Blum is only looking out […]

Meltdown Mike Bost has already bailed on one debate so far this year. In tonight’s debate, will Bost be able to defend his 20 year record in Springfield of supporting the special interests and the wealthy at the expense of the middle class without bursting into another tantrum? Ahead of tonight’s debate, here are three […]

As Rod Blum tries to rewrite history and run away from his own positions that he pushed for years as a newspaper columnist, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is holding him accountable for his reckless and out-of-touch agenda by highlighting Rod Blum’s own words. Today’s example: Rod Blum thinks that raising the minimum wage “hurts” […]