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Hardman beat her Republican opponent by more than 40 percentage points in a special election Tuesday night.

Isabella Luu

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Democrat Hardman wins Iowa Senate special election to fend off GOP supermajority

Isabella Luu

Democrat Renee Hardman beat Republican Lucas Loftin by more than 40 percentage points in a special election Tuesday night. Hardman's win makes her the state's first Black female state senator.

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Congress failed to extend Obamacare subsidies. This Democrat says Trump can save them

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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., says he thinks the Senate can pass a "retroactive" Affordable Care Act subsidy extension, but "we need President Trump."
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How SNAP cuts could hurt LGBTQ+ Americans

SNAP cuts are having a disproportionate effect on one already vulnerable group — LGBTQ+ people.
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Research overwhelmingly shows that connections we make through computers are not the same as those that happen offline.

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