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California’s ‘Unprecedented’ Prop 50 Vote Puts Spotlight on Black Voters
With Prop 50 on the ballot, Black Californians are poised to play a decisive role in the outcome. Follow The Root as we go beyond the headlines, digging deep into the most critical political campaigns of 2025 in this ongoing series. This is the fourth in the series.
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Virginia’s Next Governor Will Make History as First Woman
In the fourth story of our ongoing campaign series, we examine Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, one of whom is set to make history when Virginia’s governor’s race is called on Tuesday
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Stephen A. Smith Just Put Prominent Democrats on Blast for Skipping His Show— And He’s Naming Names
Stephen A. Smith is seemingly frustrated after many prominent Democrats refuse to appear on his show, unlike Republicans. Now, he’s naming names.
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15 Candidates Vying to Be Minneapolis Mayor as City Enters New Era
In the sixth story of our ongoing campaign series, we examine Jacob Frey, a Democrat, led the city through one of its most challenging times in recent history.
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Charlotte Mayor’s Re-Election Threatened by Public Safety Debate
In the fourth in our ongoing series on the most critical political campaigns of 2025, we explore how a fatal rail death in Charlotte involving a Ukrainian national has jeopardized the Mayor’s re-election bid.
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Opinion: Why Corey Booker is Right to Clap at Democrats For Being Complicit With Trump
New Jersey Senator Corey Booker chastises fellow Democrats and states “we’re willing to be complicit” to Donald Trump
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Democrats Battle Republicans for Black Votes in New Jersey Governor Race
The Battle over Black voters is real in New Jersey Governor’s race. This is the third in an ongoing series where The Root goes beyond the headlines, digging deep into the most critical political campaigns of 2025.
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As Democrats Seriously Consider How to Remove Trump, Republicans Plea to Biden to Save Him 'in the Spirit of Healing'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has instructed members of her party to get ready to go to work in the coming week on a plan to remove President Trump from office, given the clear and present danger his continued presidency poses after his gang of supporters overtook the U.S. Capitol building. Coincidentally—just around a year ago, the…
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Republicans in Pennsylvania Refuse to Seat Newly Elected Democrat, Which Seems to Be What the GOP Is About Now
Republicans are still going full speed ahead with their attack on America’s democracy, despite the dangerous consequences of this behavior as seen in the nation’s capital on Wednesday. Ahead of the madness in D.C., GOP senators in Pennsylvania launched their own upending of standard operating procedures on Tuesday by deciding to block the swearing in…
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Jon Ossoff Defeats David Perdue in Georgia Runoffs, Giving Democrats Control of the Senate
Well people, against all odds it happened: Georgia has turned blue. Yeah, I know, the Peach State turned blue when it handed President-elect Joe Biden his win over President-reject Donald Trump, but that shade of blue just got a little bit deeper now that Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have both defeated their opponents…