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Election Day Was a Win for the Climate

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.  In races from New York to Georgia to Washington, voters backed funding renewables, reining in energy costs, and building out mass […]

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Racial Justice Campaigners Were Prop 50’s Army in the Field

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On Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting proposal in response to Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map, by a sweeping 28-point margin. As I reported in October, high-profile Democratic politicians—including former President Barack Obama—were front and center in an advertising blitz to pass the measure, which would tilt five seats in the […]

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In New Jersey, Offshore Wind Notches a Win—and Dodges a Bullet

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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the governor’s race in New Jersey on Tuesday, running on a platform of keeping electricity prices down. Environmental groups see Sherrill’s election as a triumph for the Garden State’s struggling offshore wind sector. Sherrill, a four-term Democrat […]

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Maine Voters Approve New Law to Prevent Suicides and Mass Shootings

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Though it was hardly a national focal point of the 2025 elections on Tuesday, Maine became the twenty-second state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59 percent of voters. Starting in January, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family […]

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Frey Wins Third Term as Minneapolis Mayor Against Democratic Socialist Fateh

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City election officials declared incumbent Jacob Frey the winner after tabulating second- and subsequent-choice votes.

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In Voter Rebuke to Trump, Democrats Win Races Across the US

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Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, gives an overview of Tuesday’s elections.

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Dems Won. Cue the Far-Right Crash-Out.

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Democrats won big on Tuesday night, with victories in high-profile races across the country, including that of 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race, centrists Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill in, respectively, Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial races. On Wednesday, Dems celebrated their victories on social media, while Republicans grappled with […]

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Virginia’s GOP Went All In on Voter Suppression—And Still Got Wrecked

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Despite years of voter suppression efforts by the state’s Republican Party, Virginians have spoken: It’s time for GOP gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to “go somewhere and sit down.” Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who represented the state’s 7th District in Congress until this year, defeated Earle-Sears in a highly anticipated race to become the […]

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What Tuesday’s Elections Mean for the Future of Abortion Access

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Abortion may not technically be on the ballot in Tuesday’s off-year state elections, but in the post-Roe v. Wade era, abortion is always on the ballot. Since the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling that ended the federal right to abortion, statewide elections have become opportunities for reproductive rights supporters and opponents alike to expand […]

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