Zohran Mamdani defeated sex pest Andrew Cuomo to become New York City's next mayor; Virginia and New Jersey Democrats won governing trifectas; Georgia Democrats won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since 2006; Mississippi Democrats broke the GOP supermajority in legislature; California voters approved a ballot measure to fight back against GOP redistricting; and Maine voters rejected a ballot measure that would have restricted mail-in voting.
Voter registration has increased over the past decade since California began automatically registering motorists to vote when they applied for or renewed a driver license, the researchers said, following a similar move by Oregon. This change made citizens' right to vote not different from other rights, like free speech and due process, which do not require opt in' processes, said IGS Co-Director G. Cristina Mora. Eliminating such voting barriers has increased voter participation and diversity, the effects of which we are witnessing now.
On Sept. 8, 2023, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, then 83, kinda-sorta surprised a gathering of San Francisco politicos at a labor hall by announcing she would run for a 20th congressional term. An observer recalls the crowd standing and cheering in unison - with the near-solitary exception of a disgruntled hyperpartisan backer of congressional aspirant Scott Wiener. That guy instead remained seated while pounding out a furious series of texts.
