BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Sen. Ed Markey just cruised to reelection for his Massachusetts Senate seat, which was considered to be safely Democratic following his hotly contested primary battle with Rep. Joe Kennedy III. Democracy for America jumped in to back Markey, one of the Senate's most consistently progressive members, in the lead up to the primary election and celebrated his wide margin of victory as a capstone for transforma more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Joe Neguse just sailed through to reelection in Colorado's 2nd Congressional district. Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Neguse for reelection early in the cycle, after backing his first, historic Congressional race in 2018 where he became the first Black representative from the state of Colorado. DFA Chair Charles Chamberlain on Joe Neguse's 2020 victory in Colorado: "Rep. Joe Neguse's big win to more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Mondaire Jones was just officially elected to represent New York's 17th Congressional District. Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Jones, who is now the first openly gay, Black man ever elected to Congress, early on in his primary campaign and supported him during the general election. DFA CEO Chair Chamberlain on Mondaire Jones' win in New York's 17th Congressional District: "Mondaire Jones has won his more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Nikema Williams has won her general election campaign for Georgia's 5th Congressional District. Williams, a State Senator and the first Black woman to ever Chair the Georgia State Democratic party, was selected to run for the safely Democratic seat after the passing of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. Democracy for America endorsed Williams' campaign after the formal announcement of her candidacy on the 5 more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Ayanna Pressley has won her reelection campaign for Massachusetts' 7th Congressional district by a landslide. Pressley, who did not face a challenger in the Democratic primary this Summer, easily triumphed over the two write-in candidates who opposed her, as well as a candidate from the Independent Party. Democracy for America (DFA) which also supported Pressley in her historic 2018 primary victory, m more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Rashida Tlaib has triumphed in her reelection campaign for MI-13, in a district so consistently blue it hasn't had a Republican representative since the 1940's. Tlaib was one of DFA's very first endorsements of the 2020 cycle (https://www.democracyforamerica.com/site/page/dfa-endorses-omar-ocasio-cortez-pressley-tlaib-for-reelection-ahead-house-a) and received DFA's support in her first race for Congre more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Cori Bush has won the general election in Missouri's 1st Congressional District by a wide margin after her upset primary victory in August. After endorsing her first primary run in 2018, Democracy for America endorsed Bush and joined the progressive-led coalition behind her during the 2020 general election. DFA Chair Charles Chamberlain on Cori Bush's win in MO-01 Congressional District: "With Cori Bush g more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Sen. Jeff Merkley sailed to reelection last night for his seat representing Oregon in the U.S. Senate. Democracy for America eagerly supported Merkley, endorsing in April of this year after a long history of collaboration with the Senator and the group's endorsement of his initial run for the seat in 2008. DFA Chair Charles Chamberlain on Jeff Merkley's reelection victory: "Senator Jeff Merkley is one of  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Ayanna Pressley has won her reelection campaign for Massachusetts' 7th Congressional district by a landslide. Pressley, who did not face a challenger in the Democratic primary this Summer, easily triumphed over the two write-in candidates who opposed her, as well as a candidate from the Independent party. Democracy for America (DFA) which also supported Pressley in her historic 2018 primary victory, m more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Katie Porter just beat back her 2020 Republican challenger to hold on to the seat she flipped in California's 45th Congressional district back in 2018. Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Rep. Porter's reelection campaign in June 2019, after being one of her early supporters ahead of her victory in 2018. DFA Chair Charles Chamberlain on Rep. Katie Porter's 2020 victory: "Rep. Katie Porter's decisive more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Progressive rising star, Jamaal Bowman has been officially elected to represent New York's 16th Congressional District. Democracy for America (DFA) endorsed Bowman leading up to his primary election, and supported him during the general election. Bowman's district was listed safely Democratic after his historic upset primary victory, in which he defeated 16-term incumbent and corporate Dem, Eliot Engel by  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Marie Newman easily triumphed over her general election opponent in Illinois' 3rd Congressional district, securing her seat in Congress come January. Although IL-03 is considered to be a solidly Democratic district, Newman will be a huge improvement over the anti-choice, anti-gay, corporate incumbent, Dan Lipinski whom she successfully primaried in March of 2020 with the backing of Democracy for America (DF more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Progressive champion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has won a decisive victory in her congressional reelection bid. The Squad member's seat was considered to be safely Democratic going into the general, following her similarly decisive win in the primary election in June. DFA, which also supported AOC ahead of her historic 2018 primary victory, made Ocasio-Cortez's reelection effort one of its first endorsements  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 6 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Rep. Mike Levin claimed victory in his reelection race for California's 49th Congressional district, a former Republican-stronghold. Rep. Levin fended off multiple Republican challengers this cycle, after he flipped this seat in 2018 with Democracy for America's support as a part of the group's strategy to flip the House of Representatives. Democracy for America endorsed Rep. Levin for reelection in 2019.  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Democracy for America issued the following statement by CEO Yvette Simpson: * * * Omar was one of DFA's very first endorsements of the 2020 cycle and received DFA's support in her first race for Congress in 2018. DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Ilhan Omar's 2020 victory in Minnesota: "Rep. Ilhan Omar's resounding victory tonight is a major victory for the progressives in her district and across the country. Despite xenophobic and islamophobic attacks from both politi more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 4 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: Reverend Raphael Warnock has placed in the January run-off election for Georgia's U.S. Senate Special Election -- bringing Democrats one step closer to flipping this seat in the Senate with a strong progressive voice. Democracy for America endorsed Warnock in February. DFA Chair Charles Chamberlain Reverend Raphael Warnock's victory: "Reverend Raphael Warnock's clear first-round victory in Georgia's U.S.  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: For forty-seven years, the Endangered Species Act has stood as the nation's strongest and most effective law for protecting animals and plants threatened with extinction--from the bald eagle to the American burying beetle, the Alabama leather flower to the Aleutian shield fern. In 2019, the Trump Administration made the most sweeping changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act in decade more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 6 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: An internationally recognized physician-scientist, Dr. Beth Kirkpatrick has a decades-long history of leadership in the field of vaccine testing and development. In 2001, she launched the UVM Vaccine Testing Center, and since then, the VTC has grown to assume a prominent role in the development and evaluation of vaccines for globally important infectious diseases such as dengue, cholera, rotavirus, and other pat more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release: Following President Donald Trump falsely declaring victory in the presidential election, Attorney General T.J. Donovan is reassuring Vermonters that he will protect the rule of law by ensuring that every vote is counted. "If democracy is going to work, we must respect the will of the people and that means we count every legal vote," said Attorney General Donovan. "Voters will determine  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 7 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 6: Governor Phil Scott and Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD, today announced an advisory on social gatherings, strongly recommending they be limited to 10 or fewer people. Noting that Vermont has seen an increasing number of cases as a result of socializing, and many states are now pointing to private social gatherings as a contributor to spread of COVID-19, the State is providing firm recom more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 5 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 4: Governor Phil Scott has ordered into service the Vermont Army National Guard's Combined Cyber Response Team (CCRT) to assist the University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) in its response to last week's cyberattack, which has disrupted its IT systems. The National Guard team will support ongoing work by UVMHN to review thousands of end-user computers and devices and ensure they are free of more PR