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Election News Digest: June15 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-14
Kathleen Clyde to lead Ohio Democrats, executive committee votes Kathleen Clyde, the former Portage County commissioner and state lawmaker, will serve as the new chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, executive committee members overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night. Clyde is tasked with guiding a political party that hasn’t won the governor’s office in close to 20 years. Gov. Mike DeWine is term-limited, so that office is on next year’s ballot, as are all of the statewide executive offices, seats in the U.S. Senate and on the Ohio Supreme Court, all 15 members of the state Congressional delegation, all 99 members of the Ohio House and 17 of the 33 members of the Ohio Senate. www.statenews.org/...
Down the homestretch, Cuomo’s allies unleash millions to topple New York City mayoral rival NEW YORK — With early voting underway in the New York City mayoral primary and polls showing a tightening race, Andrew Cuomo and his allies are beefing up their attacks on his top rival — most recently with a $5.4 million negative TV ad, according to a new campaign filing. And Saturday morning, Al Sharpton voiced support for the former governor and derided top rival Zohran Mamdani’s decision to cross-endorse a white man but not a Black woman in the crowded race, which will be determined by ranked-choice voting. www.politico.com/...
‘Take down the temperature’: Democrats and Republicans call for calm after Minnesota shootings Political leaders from across the spectrum and around the country called for calm after one Minnesota lawmaker was killed and another was seriously injured in apparent politically motivated shootings on Saturday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state law enforcement officials said Saturday that former state Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously injured in a pair of shootings that the governor labeled as “politically motivated assassinations.” www.politico.com/...
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