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Mariel Padilla
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A record number of Native American women are headed to Congress
At least 18 native women ran for congressional seats this year and three were elected.
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New Mexico elects its first all women of color House delegation
The historic New Mexico House delegation formed out of three races with women running in both major parties.
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More women than men are voting early in key battleground states
More than half of early voters in states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina are women.
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‘My party has left me’: Cindy McCain on why she endorsed a Democrat for the first time
In a conversation with The 19th, McCain discusses her Joe Biden endorsement, women voters and her hopes for the future of the Republican Party.
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Pandemic restrictions may impact the nursing home vote
Women account for more than two-thirds of the nursing home population, which faces challenges to voting due to various changes prompted by the pandemic.
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Amy Coney Barrett becomes the youngest woman to be a Supreme Court Justice
Here’s what that means for everything from abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights.
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The 19th Explains: The spread of conspiracies and disinformation by women on social media
“The QAnon stuff infiltrated Instagram and seeped into the suburban consciousness of American women to a certain extent, and they bought into it,” according to experts.
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‘Will you please like me?’: Trump pleads with suburban women
The president wants to speak to White suburban women, who were a key voting bloc for Trump in 2016 and are now having second thoughts about supporting him.
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How to watch the vice presidential debate between Pence and Harris
Everything viewers should know about the debate — likely to be the most viewed and most consequential vice presidential debate in history.
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How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Biden
The debate will begin at 9 p.m. ET on September 29 and run for 90 minutes.