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Election 2024
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Democrats look to state legislatures as their anti-Trump ‘firewall’
In an otherwise disappointing election year, Democrats’ wins in state legislatures were a bright spot.
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What it looks like to prepare for a second Trump term
From updating passports and stocking meds to bracing for price hikes, readers of The 19th shared how they are getting ready for Trump to take office.
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‘Putting our children first’: How gun safety as a nonpartisan issue helped local candidates win
More than 300 Moms Demand Action volunteers ran for office and won, and more than 200 of them were in state and local office, including school boards.
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His controversial school board policies made national headlines. He was just elected again.
After losing a recall election in June, controversial former Temecula, California, school board president Joseph Komrosky will represent the district once again.
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The women of the West are making political history — and have been for 130 years
Even before women had the right to vote, they were winning elections in the West. Now they're breaking barriers in three states with majority women-led legislatures.
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The women voters Democrats lost — and gained — offer clues for the next era of American elections
Movement among two groups of women voters help explain Trump's new coalition and how inflation, education and gun violence will shape the political fights ahead.
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McMahon would oversee student safety — but advocates worry about her own misconduct allegations
If she becomes education secretary, Linda McMahon could revise Title IX rules that serve to protect students from sex discrimination, including sexual violence.
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A disability policy champion’s time in Congress has come to an end
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey was instrumental in passing multiple pieces of bipartisan legislation to advance the rights and well-being of people with disabilities.
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Harris lost support from women overall — but not women over 65
Preserving Social Security and caregiving were decisive factors in their support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
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Trump picks Linda McMahon to be education secretary
McMahon, cofounder of the company now known as World Wrestling Entertainment, is the co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team but has scant experience in education.