By John A. Tures
It wasn’t just a Democratic “Blue Wave” in Blue States in 2025. The party did well in battleground state elections in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Ohio races, as well as other elections. By focusing on credentials, simple messages, and issues that voters care about, they did were able to prevail, in a way that the anti-Trump messages of 2016 and 2024 weren’t enough for Democrats.
Ditto for the abortion debate. Voters want more.
Back in 2018, writing for the New York Observer , I “observed” that too much media focus on AOC and the squad among the new candidates, and other women from that wave election were being ignored. Now, the new New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and the first female Virginia Governor, Abigail Spanenberger , are also trending in the millions in Go

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