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Voters across both parties are enthusiastic about Election Day — but Democrats are angrier and more worried than their Republican counterparts.
Hannah Pingree, a Democrat and former Maine House speaker, has maintained a steady lead in polls over Bobby Charles, a conservative Republican. The winner will succeed Gov. Janet Mills, a term-limited Democrat whose conflict with President Trump raised her national profile.
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On Election Day, We All Get to Be Haley Stevens and Pick the (Hopefully) Less Lousy Candidates
Haley Stevens (D–Mich.), who surprised campaign watchers by rescinding her support for her party's Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, and endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the race. After her past harsh words for the GOP hopeful,
President Donald Trump‘s importance to the Republican Party, reshaped in his image, and penchant for dismissing political norms have produced questions on how the president will deal with being a potential lame duck come January.
Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat, is heavily favored to win re-election in a state that Kamala Harris carried by about 15 percentage points two years ago. His Republican challenger is Mike Katz, a doctor who has served in Delaware’s State Senate.
There’s no better time than Election Day to join our pro-democracy community. We’d love to have you. Join It’s only been a year, but it’s already easy to forget just how big a part large-scale state violence against Democratic protesters played in Trump’s plans in 2025.
The most high-profile — and mostly highly bankrolled — ballot showdown this year in California, if not the entire country, is Proposition 40. If passed by a majority of voters, the first-in-the-nation measure, put on the ballot by a health care union, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of 240 billionaires who live in California.
Election Day is here! And if you haven’t turned in your ballot, you have company. As of Monday, just under 50% of Oregon’s 3 million active voters had successfully mailed or dropped off their ballots,
President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked up in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll as voters prepare for the 2026 midterm elections.
