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The state-level elections will have profound consequences for America | United States

Democrats won races for top election posts in several political battlegrounds where their Republican rivals had cast doubt on the 2020 contest and signaled their desire to overhaul voting systems.

Republican control of state legislatures allowed them to draw advantageous districts, and the party is racing to do it again in the midterm elections

Many lower-profile state races have national significance | United States

With the G.O.P. in control of a majority of statehouses, Democrats are fighting for seats in battleground states. Is it too late?

More than state legislative seats 6,000 seats are up for election this year. Republicans and Democrats are spending tens of millions in a battle to shift the balance of power in these chambers.

Joelle Fishman is chair of the Communist Party USA’s Political Action Commission. It was just two-and-a-half years ago, in the spring of 2020, that members of the Communist Party rolled up our sleeves and went to work with “Dump Trump” voter pledge cards and our “Vote Against Fascism” camp...

The Rising Stars who are shaping city politics and policy.

Races in state legislatures are often quiet and turn on local issues like roads or schools. But a Supreme Court case could give these legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal elections.

The group, the States Project, aims to help Democrats in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine and Nevada, as the left tries to make up lost ground in state legislatures. Here’s the latest from the campaign trail.