During that time, they adopted three bills limiting the incoming Democratic Governor’s power and confirmed 82 nominees for state boards and councils. . ..…

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess issued injunction stopping also Democrat.  The decision confirmed how Republicans tried to kneecap the governor even before he was in. ..…

Despite that, Governor Jared Polis, Democrat, signed on to National Popular Vote Interstate Compact after Colorado's General Assembly passed National Popular Vote bill by 34 to 29.. ..…

This year Ralph Northam, the Democratic governor of Virginia, faced harsh criticism when his medical school yearbook page pictured a man in blackface and a man in a KKK uniform. ..…

In rare cases, Democratic politicians have proved willing to take up the cause, as when Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm directed an overhaul of that state’s parole system during her first term— though her second-term push for broader reform legislation fizzled (see Luke Mogelson,..…

This is another line in the sand for the Democratic governor. . He and advocates want to end cash bail, which can lead inmates who can't afford it to linger in prison. . ..…

Newsom’s pronouncement could create conflict with another top Democratic leader, state Atty. ... Xavier Becerra, who has supported capital punishment, even though the governor said he wants to work collaboratively with the attorney general. . . . ..…

The lower court had said the map adopted in 2011 by Republican-led Legislature and Republican governor violated Democratic voters rights to representation by packing Democrats into some districts and spreading them among others, thus diluting their voting power. ..…