Politico: “Garza, a former ACLU attorney and a Democrat who grew up in the Valley, is running for Texas attorney general against Republican incumbent Ken Paxton, a powerful political figure known for his intense allyship with Donald Trump. No Democrat has won the state attorney general race since 1994. But the mood that August night…

Politico: “The voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams spent more than $25 million over two years on legal fees, mostly on a single case, with the largest amount going to the self-described boutique law firm of the candidate’s campaign chairwoman. Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Abrams’ close friend who chaired her gubernatorial campaign both in 2018 and…

Jezebel: “I immediately smelled a rat, especially considering that Hialeah, Florida—where the incident took place—is a Republican stronghold. As the day goes on, it’s become increasingly clear that the story didn’t happen the way Rubio said it did. First, the victim in question has been identified as Christopher Monzon, a white supremacist nicknamed the “Cuban…

North State Journal: “Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida, once the nation’s premier swing state, may slip away this fall and beyond as emboldened Republicans capitalize on divisive cultural issues and population shifts in crucial contests for governor and the U.S. Senate. The anxiety was apparent last week during a golf cart parade of Democrats…

NY Times: “Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff who was deeply involved in efforts to keep former President Donald J. Trump in power after the 2020 election, was ordered on Wednesday to travel to Atlanta to testify in a criminal investigation into election meddling. Mr. Meadows, 63, has been fighting to avoid…

AL Political Reporter: “For the past 50 years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought to ensure equality for people of color. On Friday evening, the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary by hosting an event focused on its course for the next 50 years. SPLC co-founder Joe Levin Jr. said as a kid in Alabama…

AL Political Reporter: “A majority of American voters believe that abortion should not be a crime punishable with fines or prison times, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. The study, conducted between Sept. 16 and Sept. 26 of this year, found that out of 2,604 registered voters, only…

WaPo: “Their arrival puts the Republican strongholds that weathered the worst of the storm in an awkward position as they attempt to recover: With low unemployment, a shortage of construction workers and an above-average elderly population, can Florida rebuild without them? “We’d like them back,” Nancy Randall, a real estate agent who declined to give…

WaPo: “When politics itself becomes religion, it’s easy to lose track of what an authentically religious voice in public life sounds like. This explains one of the oddities of our moment. Voters’ religious commitments (or lack thereof) are among the most powerful predictors of how they’ll cast their ballots. Yet actual religious questions mean little…

NY Times: “A shrinking white share of the population is a hallmark of the congressional districts held by the House Republicans who voted to challenge Mr. Trump’s defeat, a New York Times analysis found — a pattern political scientists say shows how white fear of losing status shaped the movement to keep him in power. The portion of white residents dropped…