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“On the ballot will be a woman’s fundamental right to be a full and equal citizen in our democracy.”įormer North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley, a Democrat who is running to succeed retiring GOP Sen. “The midterms will be the most important election of our lifetimes,” Hassan said at the conference Tuesday. Maggie Hassan and Catherine Cortez Masto, respectively, are among campaigns in which a decision to overturn Roe could break through ahead of November. “Senate candidates who are going to be running this year can create a clear contrast between where they are and where their opponents would be on that bill,” she said, referencing a House-passed bill to codify abortion rights that stalled in the Senate.īutler said key Senate races in New Hampshire and Nevada featuring Emily’s List-endorsed Sens. “If you shy away from it on the campaign trail, if you’re not talking about it and you don’t confront it, voters want to know where you stand,” Ayers said. The news came ahead of a pre-planned conference Tuesday, hosted by Emily’s List, at which panelists including Jacqueline Ayers, a senior vice president at Planned Parenthood, urged Democratic candidates to talk about the issue. “Collectively, we are ready to engage millions of voters and our members around reproductive freedom, a galvanizing issue especially with this unprecedented attack on our fundamental freedoms.” 'Voters want to know' “There’s no question that abortion will be on the ballot this year and the stretch between the Supreme Court decision and the November elections will be crucial,” said Laphonza Butler, president of Emily’s List, a group that supports Democratic women who back abortion rights. Advocacy groups predicted that the draft ruling could help offset Biden’s approval ratings and the historical disadvantages working against the president’s party trying to hold on to narrow House and Senate majorities. In an example of how fully the party has embraced abortion rights in recent years, candidates in competitive races clogged inboxes with statements decrying the assault on abortion rights.

“For voters, the consequences of the election for the future of our country have never been higher.” “In November, we must elect Democrats who will serve as the last lines of defense against the GOP’s assault on our established and fundamental freedoms,” a joint statement from the party’s national committees focused on the House, Senate, governor’s offices and legislative chambers said. In reaction to the draft ruling, Democratic leaders called for voters to elect candidates who support abortion rights, and advocates sought to rally sympathetic voters. Wade will galvanize potential voters ahead of the November midterm elections.īut Republicans said issues that have dominated the cycle, including inflation and President Joe Biden’s lagging popularity, remained driving factors in the race, while demanding the leaker be caught and punished.

Corrected May 5 | Democrats were hopeful Tuesday that a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling suggesting that five justices support overturning Roe v.

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