The Latest Breaking News from the Democratic Party

Republican blitz on LGBTQ issues exposes fractures among Texas Democrats

The defections have sparked feelings of betrayal and promises of retribution, particularly as Republicans in the Legislature have presented a unified front.

The Texas Tribune · May 23, 2023

Democratic Party committees lead Republican Party committees in fundraising for the 2024 election cycle

The three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $106 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $84 million. Those figures are as of April 30, 2023, the most recent party committee campaign finance filing deadline. 

Ballotpedia · May 23, 2023

Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein is not going to quit the Senate. Ever. Just ask her biographer

Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.

Los Angeles Times · May 22, 2023

Control of Pennsylvania’s state House up for grabs—again

Welcome to the Tuesday, April 25, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Apr 25, 2023

Democratic Party committees lead Republican Party committees in fundraising for the 2024 election cycle

The three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $81 million for the 2024 election cycle, while those associated with the Republican Party have raised $66 million. Those figures are through March 31, 2023, the most recent required reporting deadline.

Ballotpedia · Apr 25, 2023

DSCC Vice Chair Alex Padilla on the 2024 election, immigration and the worst rule in baseball

WASHINGTON — Politicians come in all colors of charismatic, from red-faced rabble rousers to silver-tongued orators, and Alex Padilla’s hue is the faded blue of some everyday jeans. Sure, he’s California’s first Latino senator, a rising star in the Democratic Party and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate who’s the…

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Gallego raises more money than Sinema in Arizona Senate race

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reported raising just over $2 million in her first full fundraising quarter since leaving the Democratic Party

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Progressives focus on local-level wins to counter setbacks

For many progressives, the past decade has been littered with disappointments

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

‘Fed up’ Democrats launch campaign to take back seat after Tricia Cotham flips to GOP

Mecklenburg County Democrats cheered in excitement Sunday as party leaders vowed to win back N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham’s seat after she switched to the Republican party.

Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023

Facing calls to resign, Feinstein vows to return to Senate after illness but temporarily gives up Judiciary seat

Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2023