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the-downballot.com | James Lambert
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the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
Sen. Tommy Tuberville launched his long-anticipated campaign for Alabama's open governorship on Tuesday, a move that will likely trigger a packed Republican primary for the right to replace him in Congress. The very next day, Navy SEAL veteran Jared Hudson became the first Republican to enter the race for Tuberville's now-open Senate seat.
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the-downballot.com | David Nir |David Beard
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -55:13Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Republicans have been trying to make it harder for ordinary citizens to effect change at the ballot box for many years, and their latest effort has now washed ashore in the Sunshine State.
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1 week ago | 
the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
State supreme courts wield vast power over our lives, making decisions that impact reproductive rights, the environment, criminal justice, voting rights, and so much more. Yet even though a majority of states hold elections for their top courts, these races seldom get the attention they deserve. At The Downballot, though, supreme courts are always on our minds.
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2 weeks ago | 
the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
Two well-connected Democrats are reportedly planning to challenge Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th District, which is one of the swingiest House seats in the nation. Inside Elections' Jacob Rubashkin broke the news Wednesday night that Bridget Brink, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, "is preparing to run" against the first-term Republican.
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the-downballot.com | David Nir |David Beard
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -42:17Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has an extraordinary story to tell, and she's sharing it with us on this week's edition of The Downballot podcast. Despite an early life dominated by tragedy, including the death of her twin brother while incarcerated, Campbell rose to become the state's top law enforcement official.
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2 weeks ago | 
the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
Sen. Tommy Tuberville just cleared the Republican primary ahead of next year's race for Alabama's open governorship—and he hasn't even launched a campaign yet. The last potential impediment to Tuberville's career switch, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, announced on Wednesday that he would not run to replace termed-out Gov. Kay Ivey.
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the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
Pennsylvania is not only one of the nation's most closely divided swing states, it's also a non-stop battleground that hosts major elections nearly every year—and 2025 is no exception. This fall, the battle for control of the state Supreme Court will take center stage, but first, voters will cast ballots on Tuesday in key primaries across the state. In some of these races, those primaries will prove decisive, while in others, they'll set the stage for critical showdowns in November.
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2 weeks ago | 
the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
After spending the last several weeks privately trashing Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Republicans have decided to escalate things by airing their grievances about their nominee for Virginia's governorship in public. Earle-Sears' latest travails began unfolding on Thursday, when the Virginia Scope's Brandon Jarvis tweeted that she'd filled her website's new issues page with stock photos that still included watermarks.
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3 weeks ago | 
the-downballot.com | David Nir |Jeff Singer
Republicans in the Missouri Senate invoked the legislature's "nuclear option" to place a measure on the ballot that would repeal an amendment voters adopted last year enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Opponents, however, are likely to file legal challenges to the new amendment, while Democratic lawmakers have warned that the GOP's decision to ram its measure through will wreak havoc on future legislative business. A message from our sponsor, Campaign Hub:Start Here.