Hurricane Helene haunts the midterms in North Carolina
Two years after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina voters are frustrated with a slow recovery that could carry a political price, Grist reports.
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Source: Grist (grist.org)
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Republicans emphasize transgender ads, putting cultural issues over economy
Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year's midterm elections
Neutral reportSource: ABC News (abcnews.com)
WV SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act
WV SB 531 establishes the First Amendment Preservation Act; latest action (2026-06-25): Chapter 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2026.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WV HB 5275: Providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mail
WV HB 5275, providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mail, latest action 2026-02-05: to House Judiciary.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WV HB 4797: To create the Charlie Kirk Memorial First Amendment Freedom Act.
WV HB 4797 would create the Charlie Kirk Memorial First Amendment Freedom Act; latest action on 2026-01-23 was in the House.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 103: Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
WI AB 103 on school board policies related to changing a pupil's legal name and pronouns failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Works against the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 1201: Relating to: the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes.
WI AB 1201, relating to the definition of political action committee for campaign finance purposes, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 597: Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE)
WI SB 597, allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election and eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Works against the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 380: Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
WI SB 380, eliminating criminal defenses if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SJR 31: Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.
WI SJR 31, proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility, failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Advances the causeSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 518: Relating to: polling place accessibility. (FE)
WI SB 518, relating to polling place accessibility, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
AK SB 64: An Act relating to elections; relating to voters; relating to voting; relating to voter registration; relating to election administration; relating to campaign contributions; relating to write-in candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States; relating to the crimes of un
AK SB 64, an act relating to elections, voting, voter registration, election administration and campaign contributions; latest action 2026-05-12: (H) Minutes (HSTA).
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses Democratic candidate in Alaska governor’s race
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins over Trump-backed Bernadette Wilson in the Alaska governor's race a week before Election Day.
Neutral reportSource: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
Trump and Talarico hold dueling Texas rallies
President Trump and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico held dueling rallies in Texas one week before the midterm elections; Trump held rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
Neutral reportSource: The Hill (thehill.com)
PA HB 37: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; and, in Election Integrity Grant Program, further providing for
Pennsylvania HB 37 amends the Pennsylvania Election Code on canvassing of absentee and mail-in ballots and election funding; it was referred to State Government on 2026-06-18.
Neutral reportSource: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters
A federal judge deferred a ruling in the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California over targeting noncitizen voters and said the government already had a remedy.
Works against the causeSource: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Nearly 3,000 voters in key Georgia county haven’t received mail ballots with time running out, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit alleges nearly 3,000 Cobb County voters have not received mail ballots and want a judge to order the election board to overnight absentee ballots to make the Nov. 3 deadline.
Advances the causeSource: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Justice Dept. Steps Up Moves on Comey and Others as Midterm Elections Near
The New York Times reports the Justice Department is stepping up moves on Comey and others as midterm elections near, and that court paperwork bears signs of urgency, typos and unorthodox tactics.
Neutral reportSource: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Talarico and Paxton hold dueling rallies in Texas
With a week to go until the midterm elections, President Trump staged two campaign rallies in Texas on Tuesday; Talarico and Paxton hold dueling rallies in Texas.
Neutral reportSource: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Senate control could hang in limbo for weeks after Election Day
Axios reports Senate control could hang in limbo for weeks after Election Day thanks to tight races and state-specific voting rules.
Neutral reportSource: Axios (axios.com)