See the Newly-Elected Democrats Who Flipped Seats, and Whom They Unseated
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Democrats won big in Ohio on working-class issues. Can they deliver?
Historians and political scientists say that framing the wins as ‘Ohio’s working class has come home’ is too simpleAt its peak, the Mahoning valley was once the beating heart of the US’s steel economy – a hardscrabble, heavily unionized Democratic bastion in north-eastern Ohio. But de-industrialization, sparked by the mass closure of steel mills in the late 1970s, transformed the region.Tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs disappeared. Populations declined. And support for Democrats slowly, but surely, faded. In 2020, Mahoning county voted for its first Republican presidential candidate – Donald Trump – in a generation. Continue reading… More
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These Wins Could Mint a New Generation of Democratic Stars
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another. More
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With 2 Big Wins, Democrats May Have Put Ohio Back in Play
Once seen as a bellwether of the nation’s political mood, Ohio has been solidly red since President Trump first won office. Tuesday’s results could change that. More
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Max Miller Loses in Ohio After Ex-Wife’s Abuse Allegations
The defeat of the two-term Republican by Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker, handed Democrats a seat that had appeared out of reach before the family clash became public. More
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Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find
Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found. More
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Democrats Are Leading or Tied in 7 Battleground Governor’s Races, Polls Find
Strong performances underscore how a favorable political environment may be lifting up Democrats, new New York Times/Siena polls found. More
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‘We spend our days in silence’: fear and repression in Ohio as ICE terrorizes Haitian immigrants
Haitian community in Springfield demands dignity and better rights for immigrants as ICE crackdown ramps upMichaelle Louis’s feet and legs are aching. She can barely walk.Surrounded by corn fields and the distant hum of a busy highway, the native of Haiti and dozens of other activists are 23 miles into a 45-mile march from Springfield to Ohio’s statehouse in Columbus to demand better rights for Haitian immigrants. Continue reading… More
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Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries’
Cost of living has loomed over this election cycle as workers and unions champion candidates fighting for higher wages and tackling rising pricesFor millions of Americans heading to the polls on Tuesday, affordability is a constant and worsening issue, and it’s been a prevailing concern this election cycle.In Lorain county, Ohio, Gina Jones and her co-workers at the Lorain county job and family services have been on strike since February 2026, the longest public sector strike in Ohio history and on pace to break the US record for longest public sector strike. Continue reading… More
