The murder of Charlie Kirk has put a spotlight on political violence in the country. While there have been notable instances of political violence at the national level in recent years, it’s also happening locally.

Local officials have been experiencing an uptick in threats and harassment in the past three and a half years, according to data from Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative . Latest Forecast

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Across the country, there have been nearly 2,000 incidents of threats and harassment from January 2022 to July 2025, the time period the data spans.

A threat includes any time someone says they intend to harm a local official, like threatening to kill them. Harassment includes aggressive pr

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