Female candidates may have made historic gains in the Senate, but elsewhere they only held steady.
Abby Rapoport
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These Guys Are Running for Office!?
Four candidates you wouldn’t think would be on the ballot—let alone running for re-election.
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Four Things to Look for at the Polls on Election Day
Earlier this year, the outlook for voting rights was downright terrifying. Across the country, Republican legislatures had passed strict voter-ID laws, which reports showed could disenfranchise millions of voters. The political motives were clear: The people most likely to be without ID are poor and of color-groups that tend to vote for Democrats. By the […]
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Just When You Started to Relax—More Ohio Voting Problems
Thousands of mail-in ballot applications may have been unfairly rejected.
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Unions Fighting Two-Front War on California Ballots
This is the eighth in the Prospect’s series on the 174 measures on state ballots this year. It’s been a bad year for California unions. Republicans have never been fans of the labor movement, and now state Democratic support is waning. In September, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a pension reform plan that […]
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Seven State-Level Races to Watch
Legislative-control in several states remains up for grabs going into Election Day. Not to mention the neck-and-neck governor’s races.
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Anti-Obamacare Ballot Measures: Purely Symbolic, Sometimes Ironic
Five states will vote to “ban” Affordable Care Act reforms. The trouble is, they can’t.
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The Politics of Frankenstorm
How the hurricane could affect polling places—and election outcomes.
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Mail In Your Ballot, Cross Your Fingers
A new study shows that votes cast by mail are more likely to go uncounted.
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In Michigan, a High-Stakes Game for Labor
A constitutional amendment to protect collective bargaining rights could bolster unions—or, if it’s defeated, weaken them.
