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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves Democratic Party, poised to become first independent woman senator
Sinema announced Friday morning that she plans to register as an independent but said her service to Arizona “remains the same.”
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How Instagram and TikTok hashtags highlight gendered hate toward women candidates
A new study shows how users searching for women candidates and politicians on Instagram and TikTok were served with abusive hashtags in the leadup to the 2022 midterms.
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In her first election as a U.S. citizen, this Michigan lawyer got to vote on a measure she co-wrote
Bonsitu Kitaba, deputy legal director for the ACLU of Michigan, co-wrote — and cast her first vote as a United States citizen — for the state’s new reproductive freedom amendment.
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Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as House speaker, will step down from leadership
The highly anticipated announcement from Pelosi, an 82-year-old California Democrat, comes after Republicans won back control of the House in the 2022 midterms.
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Support for abortion measures was greater than support for Democratic candidates in some states
Pro-abortion rights ballot measures outperformed Democrats on the ballot in three states, while Republican politicians ran ahead of failed anti-abortion ballot measures in two states.
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Democrat Katie Hobbs projected to defeat Republican Kari Lake in critical Arizona governor's race
The election between Hobbs, Arizona’s chief election official, and Lake, a television anchor turned GOP star, was one of the most consequential governor’s races of 2022.
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'This is our new normal': Fertility treatment advocates are gearing up to fight abortion bans and personhood laws
RESOLVE, a major advocacy group, is launching a new campaign to bring fertility patients’ and doctors’ stories directly to lawmakers — and the public — in 2023.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto projected to win over Republican Adam Laxalt in crucial Nevada Senate race
Democrats are projected to hold the Senate with a win by Cortez Masto, the Senate’s only Latina.
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How abortion and investment propelled Democrats to turn the tide in state legislatures
Democrats, campaigning partly on abortion, outperformed expectations and could flip up to four chambers in battleground state house races where they’ve spent years playing defense.
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Democrats went all-in on abortion. For many, it worked.
The outcomes of races for key governorships, ballot measures, and state legislatures were a best-case scenario for abortion rights groups and a vindication of Democrats’ strategy.