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In some conservative California counties where anti-abortion candidates win, so does abortion

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In some of California’s most conservative counties, where Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dahle was the clear favorite over Gov. Gavin Newsom and where anti-abortion Christian conservatives are leading in partial returns, voters still showed up for abortion access by supporting Proposition 1.

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Latino voting takeaways: More Hispanics backed Republicans, but not enough for a ‘red wave’

Latinos did not abandon Democrats on election day, but the results show Republicans might enjoy a new, higher level of support among the fast-growing voting bloc.

Tribune News Service

Voices: Red wave? Blue firewall? I asked the pros to tell me which races to watch on election night

There is no such thing as a crystal ball, but New York, Texas, and Indiana could tell us a lot

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Ambition keeps him loyal to Donald Trump. But what does Kevin McCarthy stand for?

Kevin McCarthy was weeks away from the biggest election of his life when he pulled up to Don’s Machine Shop in Pennsylvania. It was the sort of place campaign consultants crave, a factory with 35 workers founded in 1981 in a one-car garage with a milling machine and a lathe.…

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Democrats are losing Latino voters as Republicans eye opportunities these midterms

While Democratic strategists acknowledge past mistakes and make renewed pledges to woo Latino voters, Republicans are also making inroads.

WEKU

Did the Lincoln Project really hurt Trump or just make its founders rich?

Anti-Trump organisation sometimes acted like the man it sought to bring down, new docu-series suggests. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Democrats used to avoid talking about abortion with Latino voters. Then Roe was overturned

MIMBRES, New Mexico — Gabe Vasquez’s latest campaign ad is simple to the point of austere: Black-and-white portraits of women, a melancholic piano score, and a recitation of his opponent’s stance on abortion.

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Democrats and Republicans fight to make inroads with Latinos ahead of midterms

Hispanic voters could tip the scales next month in a number of battleground states

The Guardian - US

Lincoln Project co-founder calls for organisation to be ‘reformed or shut down’ after documentary alleges missing funds

New five-part Showtime docu-series explores dysfunction inside controversial Never Trump organisation

The Independent UK

Biden’s support of California farmworker bill makes it ‘complicated’ for Newsom

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whether to veto another California farmworker union bill, he has a new and unexpected voice in his ear: President Joe Biden, who has decided to inject national politics into a state labor battle.

Tribune News Service

Facing voter backlash, California Republicans recalibrate their anti-abortion stance

LOS ANGELES — The Life at Conception Act is fewer than 300 words, but its language leaves little room for ambiguity on abortion.

Los Angeles Times

People think of Mexican Catholics as a monolith on abortion. One family shows it's not that simple

LOS ANGELES — Ana Lopez was 14 when her mother shared some gossip about a woman in their Huntington Beach neighborhood who, rumor had it, had gotten an abortion.

Los Angeles Times

California primary's lesson for pundits: Don't speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting

LOS ANGELES — In the hours after polls closed in the closely watched California midterms on June 7, reviews from pundits were quick to come in.

Los Angeles Times

California Republicans see chance to unseat Democratic AG

Republicans think they have a chance this year to unseat appointed Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta

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Mark Z. Barabak: In Ukraine, using an anti-Trump playbook to go after Putin

Over the last two decades, Mike Madrid has battled Democrats, Republicans, Donald Trump and a pesky family of squirrels that assumed residence in the eave of his Midtown Sacramento home.

Los Angeles Times

After leak on reversing abortion rights, Orange County women may upend congressional races

LOS ANGELES — The Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could galvanize Democrats and turn some reliable Republican voters — especially women — blue, according to polls and interviews. It’s a small bit of hope for Democrats, who are widely expected to lose control of Congress in…

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Newsom seizes on the fight over abortion as a key part of his reelection campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two days after kicking off his reelection campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom replaced his opening upbeat message about California with a dire warning that his highest-profile Republican opponent "stands with Donald Trump" and "wants to roll back abortion rights."

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Exclusive poll: Inflation hits Latino support for Democrats

The latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll shows inflation has replaced COVID-19 as the top concern.

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Anita Chabria: Schwarzenegger attacks Putin's lies about Ukraine. It's a sign of hope for the truth

Truth is hard to come by these days, even when you go looking for it.

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