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Last month’s special election in Texas delivered one of the most striking results of the year. It saw Democrats flip State Senate District 9, a district that Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. Taylor Rehmet won the seat by 15 points, marking a 32-point swing from the 2024 presidential results. Three candidates ran…

The killing this month of Renée Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent has renewed the conversation about the deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops to cities across the country. Good was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis, sparking protests and widespread…

Democrats racked up wins all across the country this month.  Highlights included Mamdani’s New York City Mayoral win, statewide victories in Virginia, New Jersey, Georgia and Pennsylvania, along with California’s Proposition 50 to redraw California’s congressional districts in response to the Republican’s attempted gerrymander in Texas.  Then last night, Democrat Aftyn Behn ran a stronger…

As we enter day 23 of the government shutdown, Haystaq is taking a closer look at how potential layoffs of federal government workers could impact the upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election. With the election fast approaching, we analyzed the current early vote and compared it to 2021 figures to see what trends and potential voter shifts…