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Maine’s Three Likely Replacements for Graham Platner
Troy Jackson, Shenna Bellows, and Nirav Shah all bring different qualities to a showdown with Susan Collins.
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Maine Democrats Poised to Run a Convention for Senate
The state party has apparently decided that any process that didn’t allow voters to get a say would be fatally compromised.
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When in Doubt, Moderates Veer Left
Haley Stevens espoused progressive ideas in last night’s Michigan Senate debate. That’s a familiar pattern.
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Maine Needs a Lighthouse Primary
The best way to salvage the Senate race against Susan Collins is to give voters another chance to decide her opponent.
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OMG—Socialism!
The misleading panic attack on the part of the right and the center in the face of the Democratic left’s recent electoral victories
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Will Lawrence Is Upending Conventional Wisdom on How to Win Congressional Districts
In a Michigan swing seat, a grassroots organizer is taking on data center developers and warmongers, with a populist message he thinks can win over voters.
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Pop-Up Super PAC Plays Dirty in Colorado’s First Congressional District
The dark money flowing into the Democratic primary pitting entrenched 15-term incumbent
Rep. Diana DeGette against progressive insurgent Melat Kiros has helped energize Kiros’s
campaign.
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A Bad Week for Billionaires
Losing New York to socialists, facing a wealth tax election in California—our oligarchs begin to suspect that Americans may not like them very much.
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Billionaire Wealth Tax Headed to the California Ballot
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who opposes the tax, tried to intimidate proponents into pulling the measure. It didn’t work.