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The Masthead Conference Call with Vann Newkirk
Here’s the transcript and recording of the conference call on Oct. 23, 2017.
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David Goldman / AP The Georgia Republican Who Succeeded by Keeping Her Distance From Trump
Karen Handel showed little enthusiasm for the president compared to the GOP rivals she defeated in advancing to a runoff in a special election for the House.
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Charlie Riedel / AP Kansas Republicans Sour on Their Tax-Cut Experiment
The state legislature nearly reversed Governor Sam Brownback’s signature policy after a voter rebellion. His economic legacy, one GOP lawmaker says, “is going down in flames.”
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Darren Abate / AP What America’s Small-Town Mayors Think About Trump
The local leaders are breaking from tradition to weigh in on presidential politics.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP The Ideological Reasons Why Democrats Have Neglected Local Politics
After losing many races in 2016, the party is looking to regain power outside the federal government. But in many ways, it’s not set up to make that change of emphasis.
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Evan Vucci, Gerry Broome, Andrew Harnik, Frank Franklin … The Year in Election Coverage
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when a lot happened in the world of politics
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Paul Sancya / AP Andrew Cuomo Meets the Frustrated Left
If the New York governor wants to lead the Democrats in 2020, progressives say he must first unify his party in Donald Trump’s backyard.
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Gerry Broome / AP North Carolina Republicans Try to Curtail the New Democratic Governor's Power
After Roy Cooper narrowly won the gubernatorial race, the GOP-led state legislature is using a special session to sharply limit the incoming executive’s authority.
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Sara D. Davis / Getty Images Kafka in the Bull City
The North Carolina can’t resolve its gubernatorial race until Durham County recounts its votes. But that isn’t as simple a matter as it seems.
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Martha Waggoner / AP North Carolina's New Rainbow Coalition
How identity politics helped give Democrats one victory in a disastrous election cycle
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Lasting Damage From Trump's False 'Voter Fraud' Allegations
The president-elect is sowing doubt about the integrity of America’s elections, and may hope to reap a harvest of discriminatory voting laws.
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Chris Keane / Reuters What's Really Going On in North Carolina's Gubernatorial Race?
Recounts, lawsuits, challenges—and the prospect of a legislative coup? Here’s why the race between Governor Pat McCrory and Democrat Roy Cooper isn’t over yet.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Chambers of Pain
Democrats got walloped at the very top of the ticket, but what’s happening at the very bottom of the ballot could hurt them for years to come.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Evangelical Reckoning Over Donald Trump
White, conservative Christians voted for the Republican candidate by a huge margin, but this election revealed deep fractures among leaders and churches—especially along racial lines.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters All Eyes Are on Pennsylvania
Politicians are descending on the Keystone State, which will help determine which party wins the Senate—and the White House.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters Why Two States Are at Odds Over the Future of the Death Penalty
Public support for capital punishment has declined in recent years, but the issue continues to be a point of contention, as some advocate for its repeal and others push for its reinstatement.
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John Locher / AP The Next Fight to Expand Voting Has Already Begun
Before the 2016 race ends, advocates for automatic registration are already eyeing new efforts in Illinois, Nevada, and elsewhere.
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AP Will America Earn the Right to Survive?
William Faulkner’s provocative question from 1955 echoes loudly in 2016.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Disturbing Details of Trump’s Alleged Voter-Intimidation Efforts
Democrats have filed nearly half a dozen lawsuits against the Republican presidential nominee and his party about “ballot security” efforts. It seems the old days of poll watching never ended.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why the Catholic Church Is Leading the Fight Against Legal Pot in Massachusetts
The Archdiocese of Boston gave $850,000 to oppose an upcoming ballot measure—the second largest donation given to the campaign.
