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The GOP nominee in a Virginia state House race this fall has dropped out. He says he lost his government contracting job and has no income, so he's had to take a job out of state & move away. That's... literally what Dems are campaigning on to win VA. www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/gop-nom...

JUST IN: Josh Kraft is dropping out of the mayoral election in Boston. This means that Mayor Michelle Wu, the progressive incumbent, is certain to win a second term. via WCVB: www.wcvb.com/article/josh...

JUST IN: Democrats have won the congressional special election in northern Virginia. AP just called the blue district for James Walkinshaw, who'll replace Democrat Gerry Connolly, who passed away this spring. (Final margin to come, but Walkinshaw up huge so far.)

The White House is so committed to punishing the Indiana Republicans who voted against gerrymandering in December that they’re spending time to pressure an unknown state senate candidate to drop out to not divide the anti-incumbent vote.

A video breakdown of state supreme courts!

ALSO to celebrate Felipe's birthday, read his two latest pieces for Bolts! on noncitizen voting in NYC's local elections getting blocked: boltsmag.org/new-york-cit... in Spanish: boltsmag.org/los-resident... and on what NY is (and isn't) doing about ICE: boltsmag.org/new-york-lea...

Update: This bill still sits on the desk of Governor Spanberger. The deadline for her to take action one way or the other is this MONDAY evening.

NEW: Oregon has 15 DA elections this year. Each and every one drew just one candidate. So I had to write about what’s going on with these uncontested elections — here, and elsewhere. boltsmag.org/oregon-uncon...

see also Piper's own reporting on this: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...

“Jonathan Caravello, 38, faced up to 20 years in prison if he was convicted of the charge. The verdict is the latest blow to the Trump administration, which has thrown baseless assault charges at people who protest its mass deportation operations — but has repeatedly failed to secure convictions.”

With nearly all ballots counted in Wisconsin, a startling stat: Chris Taylor, the liberal candidate, appears to have flipped 29 counties that went for Trump in 2024. (boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...)

A big deal in Arizona: The utility board that runs energy-related policy in the Phoenix region has flipped to a 'clean energy' slate that was running against a conservative slate. TPUSA invested very heavily in this. This was among my elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

women in Pennsylvania prisons were celebrating a decision by the state supreme court last week: "The decision brings a renewed vision of how life could look outside." boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...