Young Voters Turn Hard Against Trump
One of the more striking story lines of the 2024 election was Donald Trump’s unexpected strength with young voters.
While Kamala Harris still carried voters under 30, that age group swung 13 points toward Trump compared with 2020. It fueled talk of a generational realignment and gave Republicans hope that Trump had cracked a bloc that had long leaned Democratic.
That moment didn’t last a year.
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Arizona Democrats won big in 2022. Can they keep their gains?
After a strong showing that saw them win multiple statewide races in 2022, Arizona Democrats now face competitive contests as they seek to defend those gains this fall.
In addition to Gov. Katie Hobbs, both Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who hold two of the most powerful posts in the state, are up for reelection in November.
Three notable Republican contenders have lined up to challenge Mayes, whose 280-vote victory over now-Rep. Abe Hamadeh made her the first Democrat to serve as Arizona’s top law enforcement official in a dozen years.
Her most prominent foe is state Senate President Warren Petersen, who, like Hamadeh, has advanced conspiracy theories about Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state. Petersen played a role in the chamber’s ill-fated decision to hire a group called the Cyber Ninjas— an outfit run by an election denier—to “audit” the results, a debacle that cost the state $9 million and, of course, failed to demonstrate any fraud.
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Virginia Democrats aim for April 21 redistricting ballot
Virginia voters are one step closer to weighing in on whether to give the General Assembly the power to redraw congressional maps in the middle of the decade.
The House of Delegates Appropriations Committee voted 15–7 on Thursday to move forward a bill introduced by Chair Luke Torian (D–Prince William) that would set April 21 as the date for a ballot referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment that passed through the legislature on a partisan vote last week.
The proposed text of the amendment requires voters’ approval. It would give the General Assembly the authority to go around the state’s bipartisan independent commission — which typically redraws maps after a decennial census — if other states undergo middecade redistricting.
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Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius endorses Sen. Ethan Corson in Democratic race for governor
TOPEKA — Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius stepped forward Wednesday to endorse state Sen. Ethan Corson’s campaign for the Democratic Party’s nomination for governor.
The August primary has evolved into a contest between Corson, of Fairway, and state Sen. Cindy Holscher, of Overland Park.
Sebelius, who was the state’s Democratic governor from 2003 to 2009, stepped down to accept appointment as secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. She served five years in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama.
