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For decades Ryan Busse was a Republican working in firearm sales. But when he realized his values didn’t align with the GOP anymore, he switched parties and is now running as the Democratic candidate for governor of Montana.
In the 2024 general election, Alabama and Louisiana voters will cast their ballots in new majority-Black electoral districts.
Democracy Docket identified eight groups leading the right-wing effort to challenge the registrations of millions of voters across the country.
In Democracy Docket’s latest candidate Q&A for the 2024 cycle, Baldwin talks about expanding access to voting rights, gerrymandering and why she wants to reform the filibuster.
Currently, 36 states allow people to vote by mail without providing an excuse as to why they can’t vote in person on Election Day. Every state should offer that chance to voters.
Serving as Delaware’s sole U.S. House member since 2017, Lisa Blunt-Rochester is now aiming to represent the entire state as a U.S. senator.
Texas Rep. Colin Allred faces an uphill climb in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate. But he’s defeated the odds before.
What was once seen as nothing more than a procedural part of the elections process has, in the past two election cycles, evolved into something of a battlefield in the election denial movement.
Leading Prince George’s County in Maryland since 2018, Angela Alsobrooks is now vying to represent the entire state as a U.S. senator.
President Ulysses Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871 — also known as the Klu Klux Klan Act — on April 20, 1871. It was one of his biggest achievements in office.
