Tag: Governors (US)
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A Democrat Wins the Alaska Governor’s Race for the First Time Since 1998
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins made a name for himself as a coalition builder willing to raise alarms about his state’s dire fiscal straits.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms on What Democrats Have to Do to Not Squander the Win
The governor-elect of Georgia is elated about her party’s victories in the South, but knows realignment is far from secure.
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Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost. Some Republicans Are Furious.
Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.
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Prosecutors Vow to Keep Pursuing Death Penalty in California
Unless the next governor, Xavier Becerra, keeps commuting sentences, California’s death row is likely to slowly repopulate in the coming years.
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Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It?
Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.
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Newsom and Harris Appear Together, With Little Hint of What’s to Come
The two possible presidential candidates showed up in Los Angeles to support Xavier Becerra, the Democratic candidate for California governor.
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Gina Hinojosa Believes She’s the One Who Can Finally Flip Texas
The Democratic nominee for governor on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”
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The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy’s Vile Ad
The G.O.P. nominee in Ohio has given conservatives space to reckon with the ethical degradation of Trumpism.
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Could the Oregon Governor’s Race Be a Republican Hope?
Republicans are playing defense in some of the most conservative parts of the country, but an unpopular Democratic governor has them hopeful in a progressive West Coast state.