Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy.

The party’s vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024, and the internal debate now underway reveals an uncertainty on how to adapt.

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These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party’s Status Quo

Majority Democrats, a new group of elected officials from all levels of government, has outsized ambitions to challenge political orthodoxies and remake the party.

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Mamdani and Other Younger Democrats Are No Longer Waiting Their Turn

Three very different politicians — from New York, Virginia and New Jersey — won elections this month with a common theme: leadership for the next generation.

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‘Done Waiting My Turn’: Younger Democrats Are Eager to Seize the Car Keys

Three very different politicians — from New York, Virginia and New Jersey — won elections this month with a common theme: leadership for the next generation.

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Republicans Fight Uphill in a Virginia Governor’s Race That Will Test Anger at Trump

The Democratic candidate for governor, Abigail Spanberger, is raising far more cash than her Republican rival, Winsome Earle-Sears, in a state where federal work force cuts are being acutely felt.

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A Salacious Saga Engulfs the Virginia G.O.P. and Weakens Youngkin

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s failure to push out the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor over a scandal involving explicit photos showed the party’s divisions and the power of its right-wing base.

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Liberal Vets Group Gives Spanberger Boost in Virginia Governor’s Race

The $500,000 donation to the campaign of Abigail Spanberger, a former representative and C.I.A. officer, is the largest direct contribution in VoteVets’ 20-year history.

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Democrats’ Battleground Leader, Exiting Congress, Reflects on What She Learned

Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.

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Democrats’ Battleground Leader, Exiting Congress, Reflects on What She Learned

Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.

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