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Trump looms large over key Election Day 2025 contests despite not being on ballot
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Nearly ten months into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, voters in contests from coast-to-coast head to the polls on Tuesday in statewide and local elections.
And the key showdowns, including gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, are viewed, in part, as the first major ballot box test of Trump’s unprecedented and explosive second-term agenda.
«FAILING TO VOTE TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT,» the president charged in a social media post on Election Eve as he urged Republicans to head to the polls.
Grabbing top billing are New Jersey and Virginia, the only two states to hold contests for governor in the year after a presidential election. Their gubernatorial races typically receive outsized national attention and are seen as a key barometer ahead of next year’s midterms when the GOP will be defending its slim House and Senate majorities.
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President Donald Trump, seen speaking at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on May 11, 2024, during the last presidential campaign, headlined tele-rallies in the Garden State and in Virginia on the eve of those states’ gubernatorial elections. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Also in the political spotlight on Election Day 2025 is New York City’s high-profile mayoral showdown, where 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is on the verge of making history, the blockbuster ballot box proposition over congressional redistricting in California, the nation’s most populous state and three state Supreme Court contests in battleground Pennsylvania.
Here’s what’s at stake.
New Jersey
Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who’s making his third straight run for Garden State governor and who nearly upset Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, is optimistic he can pull off a victory in blue-leaning New Jersey.
In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, Ciattarelli appeared to be closing the gap in recent weeks with Democratic rival Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
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While Democrats have long dominated federal and state legislative elections in New Jersey, Republicans are very competitive in gubernatorial contests, winning five out of the past 10 elections.
And Trump made major gains in New Jersey in last year’s presidential election, losing the state by only six percentage points, a major improvement over his 16-point deficit four years earlier.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli speaks to supporters at a tavern in Totowa, New Jersey, on Election Day eve, on Nov. 3, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The president, whose poll numbers are underwater among New Jersey voters, headlined two tele-rallies for Ciattarelli in the final stretch of the campaign in hopes of energizing MAGA supporters, many of whom are low propensity voters who often skip casting ballots in non-presidential election years.
«We appreciate what the president is doing to get the base excited, and remind them that they got to vote, as do all New Jerseyans. The future of our state hangs in the balance. Get out and vote,» Ciattarelli told Fox News Digital on Monday after a campaign stop in this northern New Jersey borough.
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But in a state where Trump’s poll numbers are underwater, Sherrill has regularly linked Ciattarelli to the president, charging that her GOP rival «has really gone in lockstep with the president, giving him an A.»
The race in New Jersey was rocked earlier this autumn by a report that the National Personnel Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, mistakenly released Sherrill’s improperly redacted military personnel files, which included private information like her Social Security number, to a Ciattarelli ally.
Former President Barack Obama during a campaign event for Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee for New Jersey, in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
But Sherrill’s military records indicated that the United States Naval Academy blocked her from taking part in her 1994 graduation amid a cheating scandal.
Sherrill, who was never accused of cheating in the scandal, went on to serve nearly a decade in the Navy.
The showdown was jolted again during last month’s final debate after Sherrill’s allegations that Ciattarelli was «complicit» with pharmaceutical companies in the opioid deaths of tens of thousands of New Jerseyans, as she pointed to the medical publishing company he owned that pushed content promoting the use of opioids as a low-risk treatment for chronic pain.
Virginia
Explosive revelations in Virginia’s attorney general race that the GOP aimed to leverage up and down the ballot recently shook up the state’s race for governor, forcing Democratic Party nominee, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, back on defense in a campaign where she was seen as the frontrunner against Republican rival Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
The two major party gubernatorial nominees in Virginia: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Democrat former Rep. Abigail Spanberger. (Getty Images)
Virginia attorney general Democratic nominee Jay Jones was in crisis mode after controversial texts were first reported earlier this fall by the National Review.
Jones acknowledged and apologized for texts he sent in 2022, when he compared then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass murderers Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot, adding that if he was given two bullets, he would use both against the GOP lawmaker to shoot him in the head.
But he faced a chorus of calls from Republicans to drop out of the race.
Earle-Sears didn’t waste an opportunity to link Spanberger to Jones. And during last month’s chaotic and only gubernatorial debate, where Earle-Sears repeatedly interrupted Spanberger, the GOP gubernatorial nominee called on her Democratic rival to tell Jones to end his attorney general bid.
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«The comments that Jay Jones made are absolutely abhorrent,» Spanberger said at the debate. But she neither affirmed nor pulled back her support of Jones.
The winner will succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
New York City
The mayoral election in the nation’s most populous city always grabs outsized attention, especially this year as New York City may elect its first Muslim and first millennial mayor.
Mamdani’s victory in June’s Democratic Party mayoral primary in the deep blue city sent political shock waves across the country. And he’s come under attack from Republicans and from his rivals on the ballot over his far-left proposals.
From left, independent mayoral candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool-AP Photo)
Mamdani is facing off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came in a distant second in the primary and is now running as an independent candidate. Cuomo is aiming for a political comeback after resigning as governor four years ago amid multiple scandals.
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Also running is two-time Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, a co-founder of the Guardian Angels, the non-profit, volunteer-based community safety group.
Embattled Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who was running for re-election as an independent, dropped out of the race last month. He recently backed Cuomo, but his name remains on the ballot.
California
Voters in heavily blue California will vote in November on whether to set aside their popular nonpartisan redistricting commission for the rest of the decade and allow the Democrat-dominated legislature to determine congressional redistricting for the next three election cycles.
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The vote will be the culmination of an effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats to create up to five left-leaning congressional seats in the Golden State to counter the new maps that conservative Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a couple of months ago, which will create up to five more right-leaning U.S. House districts in the red state of Texas.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks during a congressional redistricting event, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The redistricting in Texas, which came after Trump’s urging, is part of a broader effort by the GOP across the country to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
Trump is aiming to avoid a repeat of the 2018 midterms, during his first term in office, when Republicans lost control of the House.
Pennsylvania
Democrats currently hold a 5-2 majority on the Supreme Court in the northeastern battleground of Pennsylvania.
But three Democrat-leaning justices on the state Supreme Court, following the completion of their 10-year terms, are running this year to keep their seats in «Yes» or «No» retention elections.
The election could upend the court’s composition for the next decade, heavily influence whether Democrats or Republicans have an advantage in the state’s congressional delegation and legislature, and impact crucial cases including voting rights and reproductive rights.
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While state Supreme Court elections typically don’t grab much national attention, contests where the balance of a court in a key battleground state is up for grabs have attracted tons of outside money.
The state Supreme Court showdown this spring in Wisconsin, where the 4-3 liberal majority was maintained, drew nearly $100 million in outside money as both parties poured resources into the election.
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La guerra en Medio Oriente golpea a China: petróleo, asociación estratégica con Irán y tensión geopolítica
China, como Rusia, observa hoy con preocupación el avance de la guerra en Medio Oriente.
Beijing mantiene una estrecha asociación estratégica con Teherán, clave para expandir su influencia geopolítica en la región.
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Por eso, “una desestabilización prolongada de Irán podría debilitar un área relevante para la inserción económica de China en Eurasia, afectando su capacidad de articular redes logísticas alternativas al predominio marítimo estadounidense”, dijo a TN el analista en asuntos chinos Jorge Malena, director del Comité de Asuntos Asiáticos del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI).
¿Qué tan estrecha es la relación entre Irán y China?
La asociación entre ambos países se basa en un fuerte vínculo económico y energético, que no se traduce en una alianza militar. Irán es, para China, un punto estratégico hacia Medio Oriente y Europa de la Nueva Ruta de la Seda, un macroproyecto global de infraestructura y conectividad china que busca unir Asia con Europa, África y América Latina.
China es el principal comprador de petróleo iraní. Aproximadamente el 13% de sus importaciones de crudo viene de Irán. A su vez, Beijing es el destino del 80% de las exportaciones de combustible iraní. De ahí la enorme importancia que tiene China para el gobierno de los ayatollah.
Irán no solo envía la casi totalidad de su producción petrolera a China, sino que además esa asociación comercial le permite sortear las sanciones internacionales, aplicadas por Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea, por sus planes nucleares. El presidente chino, Xi Jinping. (Foto: Maxim Shemetov/REUTERS)
Además, Beijing y Teherán firmaron un acuerdo estratégico de cooperación en 2021 por 25 años. El pacto incluye inversiones chinas en energía, infraestructura, transporte y telecomunicaciones.
“La guerra en Irán (y su eventual intensificación y extensión en el tiempo) tendría implicancias económicas para China, en tanto Beijing ha consolidado con Teherán una asociación estratégica de largo plazo mediante el ´Acuerdo de Cooperación Integral´ firmado en 2021, que prevé inversiones chinas en energía e infraestructura a cambio de un suministro estable y descontado de crudo a lo largo de 25 años», dijo Malena.
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Para el analista, “en este marco, Irán se ha convertido en uno de los principales proveedores energéticos de China. Dado que China depende del exterior para alrededor del 70% de su consumo petrolero y es el mayor importador mundial de crudo, cualquier alteración sostenida en la oferta iraní podría tensionar sus costos energéticos y afectar márgenes industriales“.
“Sin embargo, en el corto plazo, China parece relativamente amortiguada frente a disrupciones inmediatas. Beijing ha acumulado reservas estratégicas y comerciales que superarían los 1200 millones de barriles, suficientes para cubrir varios meses de importaciones, y ha diversificado sus fuentes de abastecimiento, con Rusia, Arabia Saudita, Irak y Brasil como principales proveedores», mencionó.
Además, prosiguió Malena, aunque aproximadamente la mitad del petróleo importado por China transita por el estrecho de Ormuz, es improbable que Irán bloquee dicha vía, dado que depende de sus ingresos petroleros para sostener su economía bajo sanciones. En este sentido, el impacto inicial sería más bien un incremento en los precios internacionales que un corte abrupto del suministro».
¿Cómo afecta a China la guerra en Irán en términos geopolíticos?
Irán y China se coordinan en varios foros internacionales, como el BRICS y la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghai que integran una decena de países asiáticos. Pero al mismo tiempo China mantiene un vínculo pragmático con Israel y buenas relaciones con Arabia Saudita (enemigo histórico de Teherán y al que bombardeó en los últimos días). Beijing había sido el impulsor de la normalización diplomática entre sauditas e iraníes en 2023.
En este nuevo escenario de conflicto, el gobierno de Xi Jinping busca posicionar a su país como “potencia benévola” que defiende el derecho internacional y la no intervención.
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“La condena oficial de Beijing al ataque (de Estados Unidos e Israel) no constituye un mero gesto retórico, sino la reafirmación de un principio de su política exterior: la defensa de la soberanía estatal y la no intervención. Al enfatizar estos postulados, China busca consolidar su imagen como garante del orden internacional frente a lo que presenta como políticas de poder de los Estados Unidos”, dijo Malena.
Pero detrás de esta posición se mueven otros intereses geopolíticos.
“Al mismo tiempo, Irán ocupa una posición clave en la proyección euroasiática china, en la diversificación de corredores terrestres del comercio internacional que atenúan el denominado “dilema de Malaca” (la vulnerabilidad estratégica de China ante su alta dependencia del Estrecho de Malaca para importar energía desde Oriente Medio y África)“, añadió.
Por ese motivo, explicó el analista, “una desestabilización prolongada de Irán podría debilitar un área relevante para la inserción económica de China en Eurasia, afectando su capacidad de articular redes logísticas alternativas al predominio marítimo estadounidense”.
Sin embargo, Malena diijo que esta inestabilidad “no redundaría en una intervención directa china, porque ello erosionaría la coherencia del discurso que adopta Beijing y desviaría recursos de su prioridad estratégica central: el Indo-Pacífico y la cuestión de Taiwán”.
¿Puede China aprovechar la coyuntura para tomar Taiwán?
Precisamente el caso Taiwán es uno de los principales focos de tensión, además del comercial y la lucha por el predominio geopolítico, entre China y Estados Unidos. Se trata de un territorio que en la práctica es independiente pero no es reconocido por la ONU y que protege Washington. China considera a la isla como una provincia rebelde y asegura que tarde o temprano se hará cargo de su soberanía.
Malena cree que China no aprovechará este conflicto en Irán para atacar Taiwán, como ha advertido en forma reiterada en el pasado.
“Busca proyectar una imagen distinta a la de Estados Unidos. Es una potencia pero que no hace uso de la fuerza para conseguir sus intereses. De hacerlo mancharía su imagen de potencia benévola. Además, aparentemente China aún no estaría en condiciones de llevar a cabo una operación militar de esa magnitud”, afirmó.
En ese sentido, el analista fundamentó su visión en “los cambios que ha habido en la cúpula del Ejército Popular de Liberación en los ultmos años años”.
“Según fuentes chinas, la jefatura militar no logró cumplir la orientacion de (el fallecido presidente) Deng Xiaoping de estar listo para pelear una guerra en 2027. Esto no tiene que ver con que ese año decidan ir a la guerra, sino que se cumple el centenario de la fundacion del ejercito y Xiaoping usó esa fecha para alcanzar el hito de que el ejército estaría en condiciones de pelear una guerra y ganarla”, concluyó.
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Israel pounds Hezbollah targets, daring Lebanon to reclaim sovereignty from Iran-backed terror proxy
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Amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, analysts say the Trump administration should pressure Lebanon to fulfill its commitments to disarm the Iran-backed terrorist group as it drags the country into another war with Israel.
David Schenker, a former U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs who oversaw Lebanon’s policy during the first Trump administration and now directs the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said: «The U.S. should make clear to Lebanon that it is time for the state to honor its ceasefire commitment to disarm Hezbollah,» he told Fox News Digital. Schenker warned if Beirut «doesn’t pursue disarmament, it will remain a failed state.»
The warning comes as the IDF attacked multiple Hezbollah targets Friday in response to the terror group’s launching of rockets and drones toward Israel on March 2, its first attack since a November 2024 ceasefire ended the previous round of fighting.
Smoke billows following strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 5, 2026. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
Since the first day of the renewed fighting, the IDF has carried out over 200 strikes across Lebanon targeting Hezbollah’s military, media and financial infrastructure, as well as operatives from the group and affiliated networks, according to a March 5 analysis by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also threatened Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem.
The renewed fighting has exposed deep tensions inside Lebanon’s government, which in recent days called on Hezbollah to disarm and ordered security agencies to prevent attacks on Israel from Lebanese territory.
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Smoke rises after Israeli strikes in Lebanon, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Marjayoun, Lebanon, March 5, 2026. (Karamallah Daher/Reuters)
Schenker says the move reflects frustration in Beirut rather than a fundamental policy shift. «The Government of Lebanon’s latest cabinet vote on Hezbollah disarmament is nothing new,» Schenker said. «It is a reiteration of the cabinet decision last August mandating the disarmament of Hezbollah. The language is perhaps more strident, but the message is the same.»
«It is a reflection of the Government’s frustration and desperation over Hezbollah dragging Lebanon into yet another war with Israel,» he added. «It also reflects the Lebanese Armed Forces’ failure to date to take its mission of disarmament seriously.»
Hezbollah’s latest attacks appear to have caught Lebanese officials off guard. Reports suggest the group had previously assured officials it would not intervene in a broader regional conflict tied to Iran.
Schenker said the episode underscores a longstanding reality in Lebanon’s political system. «The government of Lebanon has never tried to control Hezbollah,» he said. «The few months that the LAF devoted to disarmament in south Lebanon was performed with Hezbollah’s consent and coordinated with the militia.»
Still, public frustration inside Lebanon may be shifting the political environment. «Given the population’s growing anger toward Hezbollah now, the political environment should be more conducive for the LAF to confront Hezbollah,» Schenker said.
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Iran rebuilds Hezbollah ties as Trump gives a 10-15 day deadline. (Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«The fear of ‘civil war’—i.e., Hezbollah perpetrating violence against the Government—remains,» he added. «But increasingly, Lebanese prefer taking that risk and possibly gaining sovereignty than being in a state of perpetual war with Israel.»
In a clip posted on X by the Center for Peace Communications, Lebanese people angrily responded to Hezbollah’s actions with one man telling Jusoor News: «If Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem wants to commit suicide, let him go do it in Tehran, not Lebanon.»
According to David Daoud, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hezbollah’s decision to attack Israel despite the ceasefire reflects the group’s willingness to escalate the conflict even as Lebanon’s government seeks to avoid another war.
The crisis has also drawn international attention. French President Emmanuel Macron called for urgent steps to prevent Lebanon from sliding deeper into war.
«Everything must be done to prevent this country, so close to France, from once again being drawn into war,» Macron wrote in a statement posted on X on March 5 after speaking with Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese leaders.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Deputy Special Representative for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus (L) at the Baabda Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 7, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Macron said Hezbollah «must immediately cease its fire toward Israel,» while urging Israel to avoid expanding military operations inside Lebanon.
For now, analysts say the outcome may depend on whether Lebanon’s government is willing to confront Hezbollah directly or continue to tolerate Iran’s terror proxy that has long operated outside the control of the government’s control.
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Dem Senate hopeful holds event at bookstore selling ‘ABOLISH ICE’ merch despite pledge to ‘secure the border’
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A Democratic Senate hopeful in Iowa is pitching himself as a candidate who believes in the party’s «old Democratic values.»
However, on Saturday, State Senator Zach Wahls hosted a campaign event at a radical activist bookstore, Dog-Eared Books, that has been vocal about abolishing ICE, financially supports anti-ICE nonprofits, holds drag story time for kids, and promotes books banned in schools for their sexually explicit content, among other far-left activism the store engages in.
Fox News Digital asked Wahls ahead of the event if he was aware of the bookstore’s radical track record and whether he regretted holding a campaign event there, but Wahls never responded.
Meanwhile, Wahls’ campaign website promises Iowans he will work to «secure the border and fix our broken immigration system,» and in posts on social media he has insisted that the nation must have an immigration system based on «law and order.»
Democratic Iowa State Sen. Zach Wahls (right) next to an image of Dog-Eared Books located in Ames, Iowa. (Getty Images/Fox News)
«I believe in the old Democratic values of hard work and family, not handouts for billionaires and insiders,» Wahls also touts in a campaign video pinned to the top of his X account.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital from outside the Ames, Iowa, bookstore where Wahls held his campaign meet-and-greet event at alongside his novelist wife, titled «Reading and Running: A conversation with Zach Wahls and Chloe Angyal,» showed at least one sign right next to the front entrance reading «ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE» in bold capital letters. The store has hosted events for Wahls’ wife in the past prior to Saturday, and sells her romance novels.
In the wake of the federal agent-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the bookstore created a logo of a dog in sunglasses holding a protest sign that reads «ABOLISH ICE,» and even put it on a stickler the store is selling on its website.
Following the shootings of Good and Pretti, the store also pledged to donate 25% of its sales to a network of mostly anonymous philanthropic groups called the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Some of the groups that have been publicly reported to be affiliated with the fund, include anti-ICE groups like the George Soros-funded Headwaters Foundation for Justice, which says it «believe[s] in a future without ICE,» and the Black Collective Foundation Minnesota.
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«Do not retreat. Do not back down. Double Down,» Lulete Mola, president and co-founder of the group, said following the ICE shootings in Minneapolis, according to Inside Philanthropy.
A sign reading «ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE» sits in the window right next to the door at Dog-Eared Books on the night U.S. Senate candidate from Iowa held a campaign event there to meet with constituents. (Fox News)
Besides being staunchly anti-ICE, the bookstore where Wahls held his meet-and-greet event on Saturday also has a history of supporting child gender transitions and has worked against Republican lawmakers’ efforts aimed at protecting women by removing «gender identity» from the state’s list of protected classes under Iowa’s civil rights laws.
Dog-Eared Books also has a history of holding drag story time events for kids, including one that featured a 14-year-old teenage drag queen, and touts selling «banned» books that are frequently removed from school districts due to what critics deem is non-age appropriate sexually explicit content. Among them being sold is «All Boys Aren’t Blue,» by George Johnson, which Dog-Eared books notes on social media is «one of the most frequently banned books in Iowa,» and «Gender Queer,» by Maia Kobabe, a book widely banned in schools for its’ graphic sexual imagery.
Meanwhile, the store has also exhibited alignment with radical anti-Israel folks, claiming in a Facebook event post for a «Tattoos For Palestine» event that Israel is «committing a Genocide» with its actions that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. And, a web page on the bookstore’s website, encourages people to join their letter-writing campaign to lawmakers, aimed at promoting its values that include «No human is illegal. All people deserve access to reproductive healthcare. Healthcare is a human right,» and other policy positions that skew to the far-left.
Books on display at Dog-Eared Books include American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s titled «Why Fascists Fear Teachers» and «How Fascism Works» by Yale progessor Jason Stanley. (Fox News)
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Fox News Digital also reached out to Wahls after the event and did not receive a response. The bookstore did not provide a response either.
Wahls is vying to take over the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by junior Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and if he were to win, would sit alongside longtime senior Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. Wahls, a former Iowa Senate Minority Leader, is taking on a field of opponents for his upcoming primary race in June. Among his main contenders is Democrat State Rep. Josh Turek.
Before entering politics, Wahls went viral as a young adult after giving a speech in the Iowa legislature about growing up with two moms, amid efforts in the state to amend the portion of the state’s constitution tied to same-sex marriage. He and his novelist wife credit the event for their meeting.
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