By: Miriam Edelman Minnesota just became the first state in U.S. history whose two major political parties (meaning Democratic and Republican parties) nominated women for both Governor and a U.S. Senate seat in the same election cycle. On Minnesota’s primary election day on August 11, 2026, Democrat U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth were nominated for Governor and Democrat Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Republican Michele Tafoya were...

By: Miriam Edelman President Donald Trump has continued to attack D.C. Councilmember and Democratic Mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George. This piece follows up on DCNOW’s blog piece, entitled “Trump Again Threatens to Take Over D.C. – This Time Regarding D.C.’s 2026 Mayoral Primary Elections.” June 28, 2026 On June 28th, fewer than two weeks after Lewis George secured the Democratic Mayoral nomination, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly...

By: Miriam Edelman In 2024, Initiative 83, which won with 73 percent of the vote, called for ranked-choice voting (RCV) and semi-open primaries. In RCV, “voters rank candidates in order of preference.” Semi-open primaries would allow people not registered with a political party to vote in D.C.’s primary elections. In order to implement the two voting reforms, the D.C. government would have to fund them. However, in July 2025, D.C. government funded only RCV. One of DCNOW’s blog pieces on...