Shell-shocked by the dominance of Republican-controlled state legislatures, Democrats in Washington are fighting back with something they once deplored: super PACs.
Hundreds of demonstrators turned out in the tiny North Dakota town of Leith on Sunday to protest plans by an American Nazi group to move in and take over the local government.
Recent changes to Arizona’s “resign-to-run” law mean current officeholders can now speak publicly about running for another office without having to use wiggle words, and Secretary of State Ken Bennett has taken advantage of the revisions that went into effect last week to say he will be a Republican candidate for governor next year.
The session will deal with more money for schools and more cuts to the public employees retirement system, items that lawmakers couldn’t agree to when the regular session ended in July.
The on-set sparring capped off several days of back-and-forth between the two governors — both considered possible 2016 presidential contenders — over the virtues of their respective states and their differing political philosophies.
Oklahoma now joins Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana as the only states that have publicly said they will limit how and where such couples can register for benefits, despite a recent Pentagon directive that gay couples be treated equally.
His proposal would allow new Medicaid recipients to purchase private health insurance, but also would place new requirements on many of the more than one million current adult Medicaid enrollees, including a monthly premium and a job-search mandate.
Democrat Bill de Blasio became his party's presumptive nominee in the race for New York City mayor on Monday, after his chief rival Bill Thompson conceded the primary and Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his endorsement for the general election.
In a stunning political development, former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is dropping out of the governor’s race because, as one longtime political friend put it Monday, he didn’t have the “fire in the belly.”
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat, said on Monday that she would run for governor, three years after she shocked her party by losing a U.S. Senate race to a Republican in the liberal-leaning state.
The 2014 race for Iowa’s next governor is shifting into focus, and three state leaders have staked out clear contrasts for the primary and general election contests to come.
Now those on both sides in the debate are raising money, developing new strategies and turning their focus to potential battles in at least half a dozen states.
Activists seeking minority representation on those councils are clamoring to have members elected by geographic district. Ethnically diverse cities that hold at-large elections and have few minority officeholders have proved vulnerable to lawsuits under the 11-year-old California Voting Rights Act.
Terry McAuliffe has made Medicaid expansion central to his bid for governor, saying it would provide health insurance to 400,000 needy Virginians, create thousands of jobs and provide the state with a $2 billion a year windfall.
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