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Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 14:28:34 +0000
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Maine
Maine Democrats set sights on unity at state convention
Democrats from across the state will gather in Portland for the annual state party convention beginning Friday.The goal of the event, which will be held Friday and Saturday at the Cross Insurance Arena, is to build party unity but also to select the 30 delegates who will represent Maine at the national convention in Philadelphia in late July."There are passionate supporters on both sides and they are excited about their candidates," said Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett.Bartlett said he expects roughly 5,000 people to attend and he envisions a smooth event.“There are passionate supporters on both sides and they are excited about their candidates,” said the former state senator from Gorham who has chaired the party since early 2015. “We’ve seen that in other cycles, too, but I think the party will eventually come together. The differences between Sanders and Clinton pale in comparison to the differences between either one of them and Donald Trump.”
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/05/maine-democrats-set-for-low-key-state-convention/

Maryland
State, Washington County Dems eye 'resurgence' in fall election
With their eyes on the Nov. 8 election, several of the state's leading Democrats gathered in Hagerstown on Thursday evening for the party's annual Washington County Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.Keynote speakers at the Hager Hall event were to be U.S. Rep. John Delaney, who is seeking re-election to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski.D. Bruce Poole, chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party, said Democrats are making inroads in this part of the state."We're getting a resurgence" in Western and Southern Maryland, he said. "They're unhappy with what the Republicans have been able to deliver. They've been in charge now for some time, and a lot of people say: 'Boy, this isn't working.'"Looking toward the possibility of a presidential race pitting Democrat Hillary Clinton against Republican Donald Trump, Poole said: "It's going to be an absolute
fight. And the big issue is going to be what does the governor do?"He acknowledged that Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, is "very popular."
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/state-washington-county-dems-eye-resurgence-in-fall-election/article_09e7720c-4c97-5be1-857b-40318c3c643f.html

Missouri
Hubrecht defends rape comments
Democratic groups are reacting with outrage to comments made by Rep. Tila Hubrecht, R-Dexter, during debate over a controversial “personhood” bill that could make abortion legal in the state.The president of the Missouri Democratic Party, Crystal Brinkley, called on gubernatorial candidates from the opposing party to renounce Hubrecht’s comments.“It is astounding that Republicans continue to believe that a woman must bring to term the child of her rapist,” Brinkley said in a statement. “That choice should belong to the victim, not Jefferson City politicians. Missourians deserve to know if the Republican candidates for Governor agree with this outrageous statement.”Brinkley and other Democrats also called the comments “another Todd Akin moment.” Akin, of course, is the former Republican Missouri Congressman who made comments that a woman’s body could reject a pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape.” Those comments alone caused him to lose his bid for Sen. Claire McCaskill’s
seat. The Missouri Democratic State Committee has already used the comments to solicit donations.
http://themissouritimes.com/29356/hubrecht-in-hot-water-over-rape-comments/

North Carolina
N.C. GOP convention follows dismissal of chairman
North Carolina Republican Party leaders are anxious to increase harmony within the ranks at this weekend's state convention heading into what points to a perilous — or at least extraordinary — presidential election year for the GOP.In the week leading up to Friday's convention opening in Greensboro, party activists removed Chairman Hasan Harnett from his job after party leaders accused him of a power grab and trying to break the state party's computer system. And party outsider Donald Trump, a divisive candidate nationally, became the GOP presumptive presidential nominee."He's gone after and insulted group after group," North Carolina Democratic Party spokesman Dave Miranda said. "There is a lot of division now within the GOP, and Trump sort of exemplifies that."
http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20160506/NEWS/160509409/?Start=1

Ohio
Democratic leaders pressure Kasich to disclose campaign security costs
John Kasich’s announcement that he was suspending his campaign, Democratic leaders are pressuring him to disclose how much he paid for his security along the campaign trail.Months on the presidential campaign trail drove up the bill to protect Kasich. Estimates several weeks ago, backed up by WCPO news partner Politifact, put that figure at upwards of $350,000 in taxpayer dollars.Now, legally, the Kasich campaign is not obligated to disclose the specifics of the cost of his security to Ohio taxpayers.“Now that the campaign is over, especially, just tell us how much it cost,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper. “There’s no justification to hide that cost.”It’s a question the Kasich campaign has answered time and again as the governor’s time away grew more considerable. His office always said it won’t comment on matters of security, for him or his family.It’s just something that comes with the job, campaign officials say.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/political/elections-local/democratic-leaders-pressure-kasich-to-disclose-campaign-security-costs
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