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Stacey Abrams aims to win back Democrats who voted in Georgia’s GOP primary

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Judge declines to block Georgia ban on giving food, water to voters

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Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes leading in poll against Wisconsin Sen. Johnson 

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Pennsylvania lieutenant governor candidate Austin Davis

‘The stakes are so high’: Austin Davis and a new generation of Black leadership are running against a rising MAGA tide

This midterm, democracy is on the ballot. Issues such as reproductive justice, voting rights and many basic freedoms hang in…
/ August 16, 2022

Civil rights leader Ben Jealous is on a mission to ensure Black men get out to vote in midterm elections

Ben Jealous has been reaching out to Black male voters “to get an understanding of what's really important to them.
/ August 16, 2022

Democrat Barnes set to challenge GOP Wisconsin Sen. Johnson

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes won the Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will face two-term Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.
/ August 9, 2022

Mandela Barnes is the frontrunner in Wis. Senate Dem primary, but Darrell Williams still believes he has a chance

Wisconsin’s primary elections are heating up as voters prepare to cast their ballots on Aug. 9 for the state’s next…
/ August 9, 2022

How Detroit may have lost Black representation in Congress for the first time in nearly 70 years

It’s hard to believe that Detroit, America’s Blackest city, will likely not have Black representation in Congress for the first…
/ August 8, 2022

Dems rally around abortion. Are they reaching Black voters?

Abortion, an issue with strong support from white Democrats, is more complicated in the Black community, especially among churchgoers.
/ August 7, 2022
An ad featuring former President Donald Trump and Michigan Republican candidate John Gibbs

Ads funded by Democrats were meant to warn voters about extremist GOP candidates, not to boost them

Ads funded by the Democratic Governors Association and the DCCC have not urged Republican primary voters to cast ballots for…
/ August 5, 2022

Democrats helped an election-denying, MAGA candidate win a primary. They better hope it doesn’t come back to bite them

Democrats think the best way to keep Congress is to run against the most extreme, election-denying, Trump-blessed candidates imaginable.
/ August 4, 2022

Kansas voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban

Kansas voters protected the right to get an abortion in their state, rejecting a measure that would've tightened restrictions or…
/ August 2, 2022

Sen. Warnock cites ‘bipartisanship,’ avoids Biden in Georgia

Democrats in Georgia predict dire outcomes should Sen. Raphael Warnock lose to Herschel Walker and GOP takes over the Senate this fall.
/ July 31, 2022

Ivan Bates now unopposed for Baltimore state’s attorney

Defense attorney Ivan Bates said now he can focus on how to improve the state’s attorney’s office “to hit the…
/ July 30, 2022

Mandela Barnes gets clear path to Democratic nomination in Wisconsin Senate race

Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry is the second Democrat this week to drop out of Senate race in Wisconsin and…
/ July 28, 2022