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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Aug 25, 2026

New Yorkers deserve leaders who are committed to serving their communities, not rewriting rules to hold onto power.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2026

We hope that the Supreme Court of California will issue a swift decision protecting the right to vote, protecting the ballots that are cast by our voters, so we can once again give our voters the confidence to know that when they go out…

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Alan Wilson
@alanwilson· SC· Aug 24, 2026

This trafficking pipeline was historically responsible for hundreds of kilos of cocaine coming into our state across the southern border from Mexico.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Aug 24, 2026

This decision is a painful setback, but it will not be the final word.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 24, 2026

Texans know this stretch of our border better than anyone in Washington. Destroying one of our state’s greatest natural treasures with unnecessary roads and barriers is not smart border security.

salon.com
Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 24, 2026

While James Talarico and his campaign infrastructure accept millions of dollars from data center-affiliated donors and put their interests first, I will lead with Texans at the forefront.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Aug 23, 2026

I'm going to ask them to help me extract some of that waste and put it into healthcare, which helps us cover the cost of keeping Californians insured.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 22, 2026

He’s got money. He’s been on TV for about four or five weeks. And it’s helped him a little bit in the polls — that’s why the polls have gotten closer.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 22, 2026

We haven’t yet, but we’re very hopeful that that’s coming soon

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Aug 22, 2026

By blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to move the FBI to the Reagan Building and divert the funds Congress set aside for this project, the Court has cleared the path back to Greenbelt.

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Phil Weiser
@philweiser· CO· Aug 22, 2026

The attorney general's office is committed to defending these convictions through the appeals process. Justice demands it.

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Phil Weiser
@philweiser· CO· Aug 22, 2026

Bringing these cases to trial was the right thing to do for justice, for Elijah McClain, and for healing in the Aurora community.

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Phil Weiser
@philweiser· CO· Aug 21, 2026

My job as attorney general — and I will take this responsibility as governor as well — is to defend our rights and interests.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Aug 21, 2026

Certainly, the timing of Sunshine’s large political contributions, followed by Sunshine’s rate increases, including receiving the highest per-day rate, raised serious questions that prompted this investigation.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Aug 21, 2026

After two years of investigation, consisting of multiple interviews, reviews of campaign-finance records, procurement records, bank documents, and State emails and chats, totaling over one terabyte of data, including more than 100,000…

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 21, 2026

He cannot undo those past mistakes, but he can help our state avoid further embarrassment by firing Mr. Lepak immediately.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 21, 2026

Given the fact that Mr. Lepak had been arrested just a few years ago after being found unconscious in a running vehicle, Gov. Stitt should have known better than to elevate him to such a senior leadership position.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 21, 2026

This conduct is thoroughly unbecoming of a such a high-ranking state official, and I am demanding that Gov. Stitt fire him immediately.

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Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 21, 2026

After reviewing footage from law enforcement body cameras, it is clear that Secretary of State Ben Lepak was thoroughly inebriated and very likely lied to law enforcement about how much he had to drink and how he and his car both arrived…

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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Aug 20, 2026

We have appealed to the Ninth Circuit, and we will fight until this ruling is reversed and Idaho’s law is restored.

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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Aug 20, 2026

Dobbs made clear that abortion policy belongs to the people and their elected state representatives, not the judiciary.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 20, 2026

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is HISTORIC legislation that’s going to unleash economic growth.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 20, 2026

It was “an incredible moment for our nation’s future,” he wrote on X, after the bill that one study projected could lead to 1 million fewer cancer screenings passed the House last year.

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