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Mike Montiel, a Pascua Yaqui veteran running for Arizona State Senate in Legislative District 7, is campaigning on rural funding, public education reform, and greater state consensus with tribal governments.
By Katia Torres
Arizona Independent Party nominee for Governor Teri Ann Hourihan, a licensed counselor and healthcare company owner, is campaigning against corporate money and party pressure while pushing for AHCCCS reform and housing…
By Katia Torres
Making his second run for Florida's 14th congressional district, small business owner John Peters is campaigning on a deliberately narrow platform: term limits, a balanced budget amendment, and Social Security solvency.
By Katia Torres
Running for Governor of Florida on the slogan “Returning Florida Back to the People and the People Back to God,” Daniel Nokovich spoke with Civoren about power, water, healthcare, and the family losses behind them.
By Katia Torres
Running as an independent socialist for Congress, Kshama Sawant is challenging longtime congressman Adam Smith. The former Seattle City Council member spoke with Civoren about why she's running, her record in local…
By Katia Torres
Seeking re-election to the Orphans' Court, Marc Knapp wants voters to understand the importance of a court that affects families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. With decades of legal and…
By Katia Torres
Running for the Somerset County Board of Education, first-time candidate Sharyn Yuloff believes voters deserve more than campaign slogans. With decades of experience in education, business, and nonprofit leadership, she…
By Katia Torres
For Tamika Mapp, a candidate for New York State Assembly District 68, voters deserve more than campaign slogans — they deserve clear information about the people seeking to represent them. Housing, she says, is the…
By Katia Torres
After nearly three decades in Prince George's County Council District 9, longtime community advocate and educator Eleanor A. Washington is running to give residents direct access to the people seeking to represent them.…
By Katia Torres
Paterson’s mayoral race is the kind of local election that can change the feel of a city. It decides who answers for public safety, taxes, development, neighborhood services, schools-adjacent politics, and the everyday…
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
The Newark City Council At-Large race may be one of the most crowded and revealing contests in New Jersey local politics. Ward races tell you
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
Newark mayoral elections are never just about City Hall. They are about who gets to define the city’s next chapter: its development boom, its neighborhood power, its public safety strategy, its schools, its housing…
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
The race for Los Angeles County Assessor sounds technical until voters realize what the office controls. This is the office responsible for dis
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
The Los Angeles County sheriff’s race is not a sleepy local contest. It is a fight over who gets to command one of the most powerful law enforcement offices in America’s largest county system — an office that touches…
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
Louisiana’s redistricting fight has moved from the courtroom into the campaign calendar. The state is no longer debating only which congressional map can survive judicial review. It is now deciding which candidates get…
By Adam Rose and Sam Alston
Abderazak Ali lost his race for mayor of Hopkins by a wide margin. A few months later, he did not retreat from politics. He moved up the ballot. 
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