Washington Post – Politics:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has formed a political action committee to help elect Democrats as he dances around a presidential bid.
Author: Gregory S. Schneider
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This House candidate wants you to know she helped imprison a fellow Democrat
Washington Post – Politics:
Shannon Taylor touts her prosecutor past as she runs against Rep. Rob Wittman (R) for a battleground seat in Virginia.
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Advocacy groups, fearing federal intimidation, plan to deploy poll watchers
Washington Post – Politics:
The administration hasn’t ruled out having federal agents at polls. The Vote Safe project plans to send observers to precincts in four battleground states.
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This Appalachian memoir author is running as a Democratic contrast to JD Vance
Washington Post – Politics:
Beth Macy is challenging Rep. Ben Cline in a bright-red Virginia district, hoping her own story and the stories she told about the region will win back rural and working-class White voters.
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Takeaways from the Arizona primaries: Republican 2020 election deniers advance
Washington Post – Politics:
Rep. Andy Biggs, who voted to overturn the 2020 election results, won the GOP nomination for governor, while state lawmaker Alexander Kolodin, a lawyer who was penalized for his role in a lawsuit alleging election fraud, won his primary for secretary of state.
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Why resisting Trump has galvanized Black Democrats as the midterms approach
Washington Post – Politics:
High primary turnout among Black voters in the South has given some in the party hope for upset wins in the region.
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Spanberger’s veto spree turns many in her own party against her
Washington Post – Politics:
The Virginia governor is being attacked from all sides for actions she considers moderate, including 31 vetoes of bills from the Democratic-led legislature.
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See what artists want to do with Charlottesville’s melted Confederate statue
Washington Post – Politics:
The bronze ingots left over from a Robert E. Lee statue that once ignited violence will now be part of a new work of public art.
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Virginia Democrats appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to save new House maps
Washington Post – Politics:
Some top Virginia Democrats express little hope that the appeal will affect this November’s congressional elections and instead will focus on running in existing districts.