{"id":751464,"date":"2026-11-05T02:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T02:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:20:29","slug":"13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"13 landmark victories from the 2026 midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aee8da6880b4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#A_dozen_Democrats_and_one_Republican_made_history_last_night\" >A dozen Democrats (and one Republican) made history last night.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Keisha_Lance_Bottoms_Governor_of_Georgia\" >Keisha Lance Bottoms, Governor of Georgia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Deb_Haaland_Governor_of_New_Mexico\" >Deb Haaland, Governor of New Mexico<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Peggy_Flanagan_Minnesota_Senator\" >Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Abdul_El-Sayed_Michigan_Senator\" >Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Chris_Pappas_New_Hampshire_Senator\" >Chris Pappas, New Hampshire Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Gina_Hinojosa_Governor_of_Texas\" >Gina Hinojosa, Governor of Texas<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Byron_Donalds_Governor_of_Florida\" >Byron Donalds, Governor of Florida<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Adam_Hamilton_Kansas_Senator\" >Adam Hamilton, Kansas Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#James_Talarico_Texas_Senator\" >James Talarico, Texas Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Annie_Andrews_South_Carolina_Senator\" >Annie Andrews, South Carolina Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Amy_Acton_Governor_of_Ohio\" >Amy Acton, Governor of Ohio<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Troy_Jackson_Maine_Senator\" >Troy Jackson, Maine Senator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms\/#Josh_Turek_Iowa_Senator\" >Josh Turek, Iowa Senator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_dozen_Democrats_and_one_Republican_made_history_last_night\"><\/span>A dozen Democrats (and one Republican) made history last night.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285834\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2303430826_weykq0\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2303430826_weykq0\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2303430826_weykq0\/13-landmark-victories-from-the-2026-midterms.jpg 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center_align\">\n<p>\n            If you pay attention to electoral politics in the United States, then you know last night\u2019s midterm elections were a big deal. Despite hyperpolarization, gerrymandering, and voter suppression tactics, across the country, American voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of Democrats and against the incumbent Republican party, a clear response to rising unaffordability, the violent and excessive tactics of ICE and CBP under Trump, failed attempts at regime change in Iran, the ongoing genocide in Palestine, AI data centers being prioritized at the expense of everyday citizens, and more.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Still, the enormous shift from red to blue in some of Republicans\u2019 most established strongholds \u2013 Texas, Alabama, and beyond \u2013 indicates a dramatic upswing in progressive political sentiment across the country, if not an outright fracturing of the Republican coalition. Here\u2019s a quick look at 14 landmark victories from the 2026 midterm elections.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285821\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keisha_Lance_Bottoms_Governor_of_Georgia\"><\/span>\n        Keisha Lance Bottoms, Governor of Georgia<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key policy issues: Affordable housing, voting rights access, criminal justice reform, and economic equity.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Keisha Lance Bottoms flipped the governor&#8217;s office in Georgia and became the first elected Black woman governor in U.S. history. Bottoms previously served as Mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, following an eight-year stint on City Council. Bottoms ran on a platform that included affordable housing and protecting voter rights.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Her campaign website also emphasizes her commitment to \u201ctransparent and ethical leadership\u201d as well as \u201cpublic safety and community support,\u201d though her track record on those fronts is less than ideal. Back in 2017, then Councilmember Bottoms misused $40,000 in taxpayer funds to send out campaign fliers (she was ultimately fined $37,000 for the campaign finance violation), and her biggest win for \u201cpublic safety\u201d was the establishment of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center last year, a sprawling, 85-acre training facility for the Atlanta Police department, colloquially known as \u201cCop City.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Cop City has been a major flashpoint between progressive voters and Governor-elect Bottoms. The $67 million dollar facility necessitated major deforestation in Georgia, and an environmental activist Tortuguita was killed by Georgia State Patrol during 2023 protests against the construction plan. That\u2019s on top of what critics see as a feedback loop where police brutality leads to more money for cops in the name of \u201ctraining.\u201d Despite the massive cost to taxpayers and sustained public criticism, including an extensive push for a ballot referendum, voters were never allowed to seriously weigh in on the proposed training center.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285822\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deb_Haaland_Governor_of_New_Mexico\"><\/span>\n        Deb Haaland, Governor of New Mexico<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key policy issues: Environmental protection, clean energy transitions, and federal advocacy for Indigenous communities.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Representative in U.S. Congress became the first Native American woman elected governor of a U.S. state. While she has a strong track record of Indigenous advocacy, her gubernatorial campaign focused heavily on education, affordability, and public safety. Haaland has said she wants to limit the areas where ICE can operate in the state while increasing police budgets to provide additional training, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, and support.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285823\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Peggy_Flanagan_Minnesota_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key issues: Childcare affordability, paid family leave, public education funding, and Native American rights.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota became the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate last night, campaigning not only on kitchen table issues but a stridently anti-ICE platform following the murder of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this past winter.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            On her campaign website, Flanagan says \u201cICE is out of control\u201d and calls for an end to the Trump administrations mass deportation policy, though she also wants to \u201cmodernize and invest in the technology and capacity needed to maintain orderly borders.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285824\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Abdul_El-Sayed_Michigan_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Medicare for All, public health infrastructure, environmental justice, and corporate accountability.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The physician and former health director for the city of Detroit became the first Muslim member of the U.S. Senate after winning his election last night. His campaign summarized his sprawling policy platform as \u201cmoney out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for all,\u201d though he\u2019s perhaps best known nationally for his staunchly anti-Zionist, anti-Israel stance when it comes to foreign policy (and driving former primary challenger and AIPAC-funded U.S. Representative Haley Stevens to come out in support of his Republican opponent).\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285825\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chris_Pappas_New_Hampshire_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Chris Pappas, New Hampshire Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: LGBTQ+ rights, lowering pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion drug costs, infrastructure investment, and veterans&#8217; services.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Previous U.S. Representative Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate last night. Pappas ran on an anti-corruption agenda to get big money out of politics and end the so-called \u201crevolving door\u201d between lobbyists and legislators, plus affordability issus like healthcare and energy costs. As part of that affordability push, Pappas would like to lower taxes in New Hampshire and seeks restitution for small businesses affected by the Trump administration\u2019s increased tariffs.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285826\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gina_Hinojosa_Governor_of_Texas\"><\/span>\n        Gina Hinojosa, Governor of Texas<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa became Texas\u2019 first Latina governor, and the state\u2019s first Democrat governor since 1990, in a surprise upset over incumbent Republican Greg Abbott. Previously a pro-union civil rights lawyer and board member for the Austin Independent School District, Hinojosa ran on a platform prioritizing educational reform and a moratorium on data center construction, as well as baseline affordability issues. During her time in the Texas State Legislature, Hinojosa attempted to push progressive legislation to improve healthcare affordability, LGBT rights, and public school funding, though these efforts were often stymied by GOP majorities in the legislature. Her gubernatorial run was endorsed by the Texas AFL-CIO, The Texas State Teacher\u2019s Association, and pro-abortion PAC Emily\u2019s List.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285827\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Byron_Donalds_Governor_of_Florida\"><\/span>\n        Byron Donalds, Governor of Florida<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key issues: Fiscal conservatism, school choice expansion, Second Amendment rights, and border security.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The Republican U.S. Representative became Florida&#8217;s first Black governor, extending a three-decade streak of GOP control over Tallahassee. The Trump-endorsed candidate is also the first Black Republican governor in the U.S. Prior to the 2026 midterms, only three Black (male) governors had been elected, with a couple more serving in the role via succession. Donalds\u2019s campaign focused on affordability and \u201cBacking the Blue.\u201d Donalds also came out in support of data centers, though he clarifies that communities should have input and that the companies building these centers need to shoulder the responsibility for energy costs.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285828\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adam_Hamilton_Kansas_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Adam Hamilton, Kansas Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Rural healthcare access, agricultural support, and reducing hyper-partisanship in Washington.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            What does it take to win a Senate race in Kansas for the first time in 94 years? Being the Pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the country can\u2019t hurt. Senator-elect Hamilton made affordability a key tenet of his campaign, from rising energy and housing costs to lowering healthcare costs and addressing rising senior care costs. Hamilton has also said he would like to establish age limits for Congress members to serve and bar them and their staff from buying individual stocks, cryptocurrency, and wagering on prediction markets.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285829\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"James_Talarico_Texas_Senator\"><\/span>\n        James Talarico, Texas Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Public education funding, lowering healthcare\/insulin costs, and reducing the federal debt.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe first set of legislation I will pursue in the U.S. Senate will be an anti-corruption package to ban super PACs and corporate PACs, ban partisan gerrymandering, and increase transparency and accountability in all branches of government,\u201d Texas Senator-elect James Talarico says in his campaign platform. Tightly binding that message to rising costs for everyday Americans, Talarico managed to flip a seat for the Democrats\u2019 first U.S. Senate win in the Lone Star State since 1988. Talarico is definitely a progressive, though some of his policies, like a Republican sheriff-endorsed border security plan that calls for hiring <i>more<\/i> ICE agents to \u201ccrack down on cartels,\u201d reflect a less-progressive outlook than some of his peers both within and beyond his home state.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285830\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Annie_Andrews_South_Carolina_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Annie Andrews, South Carolina Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Gun violence prevention, protecting Medicare\/Medicaid, and expanding pediatric healthcare access.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Last night, the pediatrician and gun violence prevention advocate became the first Democrat to win a Senate race in South Carolina in nearly 30 years. Her affordability-focused platform focuses on cutting government spending and public funding for data centers while reducing costs for average Americans by ending tariffs and simplifying the tax code. Andrews would also like to end Congressional stock trading and introduce hard term limits for Senators and Representatives.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285831\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amy_Acton_Governor_of_Ohio\"><\/span>\n        Amy Acton, Governor of Ohio<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Rebuilding public health infrastructure, healthcare accessibility, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>-based public policy.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            This physician and former director of the Ohio Department of Health became the first female governor of Ohio, and its first elected Democratic governor since the 2006 midterms. Acton was facing GOP darling Vivek Ramaswamy, a deeply uncharismatic entrepreneur endorsed by President Trump, Elon Musk, and incumbent Ohio Governor Mike Dewine.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Acton\u2019s gubernatorial campaign focused on affordability, education, and investment in the state\u2019s agriculture sector, as well as access to reproductive care and LGBT rights. Acton was endorsed by a variety of unions as well as former President Barack Obama, and saw increased support after Ramaswamy ran a political ad alongside her estranged mother in a move that was strongly criticized on both sides of the aisle.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285832\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Troy_Jackson_Maine_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Troy Jackson, Maine Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Labor union protections, working-class and logging industry support, and lowering prescription drug prices.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            This state legislator and logger flipped a crucial Senate seat by defeating a five-term Republican incumbent. His healthcare-focused campaign advocated for Medicare for All and reducing the cost of prescription pharmaceuticals, as well as passing a federal right to abortion. Jackson\u2019s campaign also called to completely abolish ICE, end the genocide in Gaza and U.S. funding for Israel\u2019s military, and overturn Citizen United to get dark money out of politics.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-285833\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Josh_Turek_Iowa_Senator\"><\/span>\n        Josh Turek, Iowa Senator<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Key Issues: Disability rights, accessibility infrastructure, and protecting rural healthcare networks.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            This Democratic state representative and Paralympic gold medalist just flipped a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, a typically Republican state with the occasional pang of progressivism (Iowa was the third state to legalize gay marriage, following Massachussetts and Connecticut). Turek\u2019s campaign emphasized rising costs for everyday Iowans, promised to codify Roe v. Wade, and called for conditions on U.S. aid to Israel. Turek also focused on improving access and reducing costs for healthcare, as well as improving support for fellow veterans post-deployment.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">The FADER<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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