There were many candidates of color in the US elections, and voters also got to decide on many issues other than congressional seats. We picked out six interesting details.
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Democratic candidate in Florida Maxwell Alejandro Frost is getting a seat in the House of Representatives. Frost just turned 25, the minimum age required to be a member of the House of Representatives.
Frost has campaigned in Republican-majority Florida for stricter gun laws, social justice and abortion rights.
2. The governor threatened by kidnapping is getting a new term
Democratic governor of the state of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer because of his corona policy, he was targeted by the extreme right in his state. Activists from a paramilitary organization called the Wolverine Watchmen practiced kidnapping Whitmer. However, the police who infiltrated the organization uncovered the plot.
Despite the highly publicized event, Whitmer made the right to abortion the top theme of his election campaign. His Republican opponent Tudor Dixon drew a line where abortion would be prohibited in all cases except to save the mother’s life. Dixon is a former president Donald Trump’s favorite.
With about 60 percent of the votes counted, Whitmer looks set to regain his seat. On the abortion line, voters are about to approve a bill that would make abortion, birth control and “other matters related to pregnancy” a right under the state constitution.
Whitmer’s popularity is noteworthy, because the Michigan state congress is completely controlled by Republicans.
3. Republican rising star in trouble
In the state of Arizona, the gubernatorial race is led by the Democrats Katie Hobbs.
His opponent Kari Lake has been named in many assessments as a rising star of the Republicans and a possible new presidential candidate. Lake is a favorite of Donald Trump and has vehemently asserted in his campaign that the results of the 2020 presidential election were rigged Joe Biden for.
With 65 percent of the vote counted, Hobbs led Lake 51-49.
4. Investigators of the January 6 riot are unsuccessful
The candidates who participated in the investigation of the takeover of the US Congress House in the committee appointed by Congress have not been successful in the elections, says news channel CNN (you will switch to another service).
Known as a harsh critic of Donald Trump Liz Cheney lost the Republican primary for Wyoming’s senatorial nomination to Trump’s favorite To Harriet Hageman.
Two members of the House of Representatives who were on the committee, Republican Rep. of Illinois Adam Kinzinger and Florida Democrat Stephanie Murphydid not go to the elections.
Democratic representative in Virginia Elaine Luria loses his seat to a Republican challenger Jen to Kiggans.
5. Two openly lesbian governors
Served as attorney general in the state of Massachusetts Maura Healey has won the gubernatorial election.
She will become the first openly lesbian governor of the United States. Healey represents the Democrats.
On Healey’s heels, a candidate in Oregon, also a Democrat, is rising to victory Tina Kotek. He is also openly homosexual.
When 71 percent of the votes had been counted in Oregon, Kotek had received 45.7 percent of the votes. So the voting result is not yet certain, but Kotek has a good chance of winning.
6. Restrictions on abortion are not progressing
In connection with the congressional elections in the United States, abortion-related rights have been voted on in four states, reports The New York Times (you are moving to another service).
In Kentucky, voters are about to reject an initiative that would ban abortion.
In Michigan, Vermont and California, voters are about to approve initiatives that would make family planning matters personal, including terminating pregnancies and obtaining birth control.
In Montana, voters are taking a stand on a bill that would require health care workers to do everything they can to keep babies born alive. It’s about normal births, cesarean sections and failed abortions.
When 63 percent of the votes were counted, the initiative was going through. Critics of the initiative have pointed out that the law may jeopardize hospice care for those babies who are born sick and have no chance of surviving.