Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for Ramaswamy<\/p>\n
Americans heading to the polls for next month\u2019s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to Washington, or their state capitols. There are also 145 statewide measures on ballots across 39 states, polling voters on actions from a novel wealth tax on California\u2019s billionaires to requiring Alabama\u2019s public schools to broadcast or perform the first stanza of the national anthem each week.<\/p>\n
Voters in Idaho, Nevada and Virginia are asked to protect abortion rights; voters in Missouri are asked to give those rights back. Property tax issues appear on dozens of state ballots. Several state referendums ask voters to bar trans athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports, or bar gender-affirming medical care for minors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIowans want – and probably Ohioans want \u2013 someone who\u2019s going to be an empathetic leader, and I think it sends absolutely the wrong message.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I would bet that Amy Acton and I probably don\u2019t agree on anything, either. But like the last thing I would want as someone who\u2019s running against is to force them to relive the childhood trauma. So, I think, again, I think it\u2019s wrong, and it should come down.<\/p>\n
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