Factbox-US Election Day guide: Governor races, abortion rights and more
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Peter Range, the executive director of Ohio Right to Life, speaks to members of the Clark County Republican Party about the state's upcoming referendum on abortion rights, in Springfield, Ohio, U.S., October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Joseph Ax/File Ph -U.S.
Beshear's campaign is touting his record of bringing jobs to Kentucky, supporting public education, expanding healthcare access and setting strict policies to curb the spread of COVID-19. Cameron is focusing on public safety, learning loss from school closures during the COVID pandemic and culture war issues championed by Republicans nationally, such as opposing gender-affirming care for transgender children.
Virginia, a state that swings between Democratic and Republican control, is the only state in the U.S. South that has not enacted further limits on abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. However, Republicans have promised to pass a 15-week abortion ban - supported by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin - if they take control of the legislature.
In Houston, a crowded field of candidates led by U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and state Senator John Whitmire, both Democrats, are competing to succeed the term-limited Mayor Sylvester Turner, also a Democrat.The race for a new state Supreme Court justice will not alter the liberal tilt of Pennsylvania's highest court but could have future implications for abortion rights and election laws in the state.
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