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Election News Digest: June16 [1]

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Date: 2025-06-16

Wisconsin Democrats elect Devin Remiker as next state party chair Wisconsin Democrats have picked a new leader to replace outgoing chair Ben Wikler, who is credited with transforming the Democratic Party of Wisconsin into a fundraising juggernaut. At the Democrats’ state convention in Wisconsin Dells on Sunday, party activists elected former Democratic Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Devin Remiker to a two-year term as chair. www.wpr.org/...

How Democrats lost Silicon Valley Elon Musk’s still recent transformation from a promoter of clean energy and supporter of President Barack Obama to a MAGA leader is perhaps the most dramatic example of the U.S. tech industry’s lurch to the political right. Innovators, crypto billionaires, prominent venture capitalists and even CEOs of AI firms have openly embraced President Donald Trump. The 2024 presidential campaign was the first in two decades in which tech executives gave more money to conservative candidates than to progressives. There was a day when Silicon Valley’s alliance with Democrats seemed natural, even inevitable. Tech leaders consistently supported policies that Democrats champion — including aggressive climate action, openness to immigration that fuels innovation, and robust social safety nets that enable entrepreneurs to take risks without fear of catastrophic failure. www.washingtonpost.com/...

NYC mayoral primary: 1 week to go More than 66,000 New Yorkers flocked to early voting sites over the weekend, as the Democratic mayoral primary is being framed as a race with national implications. To a raucous Zohran Mamdani rally attended by more than 2,500 people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the race was about generational change, POLITICO reported Saturday night. www.politico.com/...

Statement from Secretary Jena Griswold on Preliminary Injunction against Trump Elections Executive Order Denver, CO – Today a judge granted a preliminary injunction against key provisions of President Donald Trump’s March 25, 2025 executive order attempting to overhaul elections and impose strict requirements to register to vote in federal elections. Colorado had joined 18 other states on April 3, 2025 in filing a lawsuit challenging that order. Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued the following statement : “Rather than encourage people to make their voice heard, Trump wants to prevent eligible Americans from exercising their sacred right to vote. I will keep fighting whenever Trump attempts to attack our democracy and democratic values.” yellowscene.com/...

Big turnout for Democrats in Virginia’s early primary voting gives party hope RICHMOND — Early voting was strong across Virginia this year in the 45 days leading up to Tuesday’s primary elections, in which voters will choose Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general and, in a handful of districts, candidates from both parties for the House of Delegates and local offices. Nearly 158,000 people had cast votes in Democratic primaries as of Thursday — up from 124,000 at the same point in Democratic primaries four years ago, when the party had a hotly contested, five-way primary for governor, according to analysis of the latest available data by the Virginia Public Access Project. Virginia’s early voting period, which is among the longest in the nation, ended Saturday. www.washingtonpost.com/...

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