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Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt to block redrawn U.S. House maps that President Donald Trump wants before the 2026 midterm elections. The revolt by the state House Democrats, many of whom went to Illinois or New York on Sunday, and Abbott giving them less than 24 hours to come home ratcheted up a widening fight […]

August 4, 2025

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Why Kamala Harris could run for California governor and bypass another White House bid

Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she’d have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time. There are several reasons for Harris to make a bid to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. She would immediately become the early front-runner instead of entering a presidential primary with a dozen or more serious contenders. No other candidate in California could match her résumé of having served as San Francisco district attorney, state attorney general, U.S. […]

May 23, 2025

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Keisha Lance Bottoms announces run for Georgia governor: ‘We are in a fight against chaos’

After months of anticipation, Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, has officially announced her run for governor of Georgia. Bottoms launched her gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday with the release of a video, aiming her political target directly at President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. “Georgia families deserve far better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us,” says Bottoms in the campaign video. “Most Georgians are right to wonder who’s looking out for us. Donald Trump is […]

May 20, 2025

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Keisha Lance Bottoms says she will ‘soon’ decide on whether to run for Georgia governor

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has yet again hinted that she intends to run for governor of Georgia. She confirmed her plans while speaking at the Leading Women Defined Summit on Thursday. Bottoms, who served as mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, said in a statement following her remarks to the room of Black women, “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us that there is a ‘fierce urgency of now.’ For the people of Georgia, that includes having leaders […]

April 4, 2025

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Ras Baraka could be NJ’s first Black governor – and polls show him in the lead after taking on Trump

Mayor Ras Baraka is running for governor of New Jersey and defying expectations in the process. While some political consultants ranked him as the underdog when he entered the race, Baraka has just been announced as the frontrunner in a new poll of Democratic candidates—beating out established names like Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill and performing well in predominantly white counties, despite having spent less on the race thus far. If he wins, he’d be the first African American governor in the […]

March 24, 2025

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Garlin Gilchrist, Michigan’s first Black LG, launches historic campaign for governor

Garlin Gilchrist II, the first Black person elected as Michigan’s lieutenant governor, is throwing his hat in the 2026 race for governor, telling theGrio exclusively that he plans to take the state to “the next level.” “We are at a generational inflection point,” said Gilchrist, a former engineer and tech entrepreneur who left the private sector to be a community organizer and later political aid before he was tapped by Gretchen Whitmer to be her running mate in 2018. If […]

March 11, 2025

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Byron Donalds gets glowing endorsement from Trump for Florida governor

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., received a glowing endorsement from President Donald Trump for his expected bid for Florida governor. On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump praised Donalds as a “TOTAL WINNER.” “I know Byron well and have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels,” President Trump wrote on Thursday. “As Governor, Byron would have a BIG Voice, and would work closely with me to advance our America First Agenda.” The president’s endorsement comes as […]

February 21, 2025

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Governor weighs removing NYC Mayor Adams after his top deputies quit amid criminal case turmoil

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday she is weighing removing New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office after four of his top deputies announced their resignations in the latest fallout from the Justice Department’s push to end his corruption case. Hochul, a Democrat, said she will convene a meeting of key leaders Tuesday in Manhattan “for a conversation about the path forward.” She said the departures of First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer and other top officials raise “serious questions […]

February 18, 2025

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering a run for governor of Georgia

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta who ushered the city through COVID and the George Floyd uprising in May 2020, is heading back to Georgia and back into Georgia politics. Bottoms hinted at a run for the Georgia governor’s office in a recent interview with Jorge Estevez of Atlanta’s WSB-TV. When asked about whether or not there was an office she might be considering running for in the state, Bottoms made mention of one particular race. “Well, there […]

January 24, 2025