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Democrats were divided in their responses to Trump's State of the Union (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SOTU exposes Democrats' biggest problem

Jason Kyle Howard
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger waits to speak at a canvass launch event on November 02, 2025 in Lake Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Spanberger slams Trump on affordability

Alex Galbraith
California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with President Donald Trump as First Lady Melania Trump looks on after the First Couple's arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The year of the blue state governors

Heather Digby Parton
New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with pre-K students on Nov. 13, 2025 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Affordable care is a political winner

Anna Wadia, Julie Kashen
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New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at his election night victory party on Nov. 4, 2025. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

GOP turns on itself after big Dem wave

Sophia Tesfaye
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger waits to speak at a canvass launch event on November 02, 2025 in Lake Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Spanberger wins VA governor's race

Alex Galbraith
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, on November 2, 2024. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

"Gay blood" and the VA governor's race

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tucker Carlson, Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Politics after Trump — if he goes away

Andrew O'Hehir
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Abigail Spanberger (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Centrists lose — media blames the left

Julie Hollar - FAIR
Erik Prince, former Navy Seal and founder of private military contractor Blackwater USA ( SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Prince recruits spies to infiltrate Dems

Igor Derysh
Sharice Davids; Colin Allred; Lauren Underwood (AP Photo)

How progressive activists made victory

Paul Rosenberg
Steve King; Donald Trump; Ron DeSantis (AP/Salon)

Old white men are holding us hostage

Amanda Marcotte
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Andy Kim; Debbie Mucarsel-Powell; Antonio Delgado (AP/Julio Cortez/Wilfredo Lee/Seth Wenig)

Five early races that may tell the tale

Andrew O'Hehir
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dave Brat: Compassion in action

Igor Derysh
Ammar Campa-Najjar; Duncan Hunter (AP/Gregory Bull)

Duncan Hunter's anti-Muslim smears

Igor Derysh
Dave Brat (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP zealot blames "hard left"

Amanda Marcotte
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