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The five newly elected women, all Democrats, who helped their party regain control of the Senate: Jessie Danielson (from left), holding daughter Isabelle Beth Kabza; Kerry Donovan, Brittany Pettersen, Tammy Story and Faith Winter.

A First: Women Take The Majority In Nevada Legislature And Colorado House

5:46pm February 04, 2019

Monday, Nevada's Legislature becomes the first in U.S. history to have a majority of female lawmakers. In Colorado, also a first, women hold the majority in the House of Representatives.

Nayib Bukele, celebrating with his wife, Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele, was declared the winner of El Salvador's presidential election Sunday night.

El Salvador Elects New President, Breaking Decades-Long Control By 2 Parties

5:10pm February 04, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of San Salvador, promises to fight the country's rampant corruption and crime.

Surrounded by her family, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announces that she will run for president in 2020 on Jan. 16, 2019, in Troy, N.Y.

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Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Compete To Spurn Establishment Cash

7:00am February 02, 2019

by Peter Overby

All of the party's announced presidential candidates say they don't want money from corporate PACs. But they wouldn't have gotten much from those PACs anyway.

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., visits Masterpiece Barber College as he campaigns for Nevada Democratic candidates in October in Las Vegas.

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Cory Booker Makes It Official: He's Running For President In 2020

10:57am February 01, 2019

The 49-year-old New Jersey Democratic senator has long been seen as a likely presidential candidate. Booker, a former mayor of Newark, raised a national profile with an early embrace of social media.

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Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., announced on Jan. 23 that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Youngest 2020 Candidate Pushes A Platform Of 'Inter-Generational Justice'

5:02am January 31, 2019

by Eric McDaniel

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., recently announced his intent to run for president, saying the 2020 election should focus on changing the economic outlook for millennials.

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People lined up to vote early at a Houston polling place in October 2018.

Texas Officials Begin Walking Back Allegations About Noncitizen Voters

9:28pm January 30, 2019

by Ashley Lopez

Just a few days after alleging nearly 100,000 Texas voters may not be citizens, officials now concede their list may not have been accurate.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at an Oakland, Calif., campaign rally this week. Harris says she backs a single-payer health system, but she hasn't yet offered details on how she would finance that plan.

Several Democrats Eyeing A Presidential Run Embrace 'Medicare-For-All'

4:35pm January 30, 2019

by Alison Kodjak

The idea, they say, would be to eliminate the health insurance industry and replace it with government-run health insurance. The industry is already gearing up to oppose any moves in that direction.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leads a November 2015 rally in front of the New Hampshire State House in Concord. Sanders won that primary, but today some of his supporters in the early primary state are less enthusiastic about another presidential bid.

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'Does It Have To Be Him?': N.H. Progressives Split By Another Sanders Bid

9:39am January 30, 2019

by Asma Khalid

The Vermont senator's 2016 presidential campaign took off in New Hampshire. But in 2020, some progressive voters in the state say there are plenty of other alternatives.

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Carolina Curious: Why Is So Much Voter Data Publicly Available?

7:38am January 30, 2019

by Sean Bueter

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Then-Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams takes the stage to declare victory in the primary during an election night event in May 2018.

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Democrats Pick Georgia's Stacey Abrams To Give Response To Trump's State Of The Union

5:32pm January 29, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

Abrams tried last year become the nation's first African-American woman to win a governor's race but fell short. She was an outspoken voice during the race against voter suppression tactics.