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Susan Collins Uses Troy Jackson’s ‘Shut Up’ Debate Comment in New Ad

The spot casts the remark made at a debate by Senator Susan Collins’s Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson, as evidence of how he treats women.

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Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, left, and Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, during a debate this month in Bangor, Maine.
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The Frenzy Behind Getting an Initiative on the California Ballot

An army of signature gatherers made plenty of cash hitting the streets in California to qualify various November initiatives.

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Dederek Huff collected signatures using the same skills he said he had developed in a very different setting: selling party drugs on the Las Vegas Strip.
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A Guide to State Legislature Elections and Where Partisan Control Is at Stake

A guide to the states where legislatures are up for grabs.

A Crawford County Democratic Party meeting in Gays Mills, Wis., in August.
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These Legislatures Could See Big Changes in November

Statehouses make health-care policy, guide education, and may redraw congressional districts ahead of 2028. With the stakes high, more than 6,100 legislators will be elected Nov. 3.

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After Many Threats, an Arizona Lawmaker Asks: ‘Is It Really Worth It?’

Threats have altered the lives of State Representative Alma Hernandez, her family, friends and neighbors. They have even transformed her policymaking.

© Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

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Blogger on Trial: Is a Lewd Image of Shrek Free Speech or Harassment?

An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.

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D.J. Byrnes, known as The Rooster, prowls the Ohio Statehouse for his guerrilla journalism.
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