Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill said she would push for New Jersey classrooms to mandate LGBTQ curriculum with no parental opt-out if she were to become governor.
Sherrill made the comments during a primary debate in May, but the controversial remarks have resurfaced in the days leading up to the New Jersey gubernatorial election between Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli on November 4.
“I believe that parents have the right to oversee their children’s education,” Sherrill said. “I would push an LGBTQ education into our schools. Parents have a right to opt out of a lot of things, but this is not an area where they should be opting out, because this is an area of understanding the background of people throughout our nation.&#8221;
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New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill says children should have to learn LGBT curriculum and parents should not be able to opt-out their children.
This is deranged. Sherrill wants to push gender ideology onto your kids.
Vote Jack Ciattarelli.<a href="https://t.co/pUdvIRzOpe">pic.twitter.com/pUdvIRzOpe</a>
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1983398182341226801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
Notably, Sherrill has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-nj-political-arm-backing-dem-gov-candidate-hosts-woke-drag-event-for-teachers">refused to condemn</a> the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) for its promotion of woke drag culture inside the classroom for state public school educators. The story was first covered by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-nj-political-arm-backing-dem-gov-candidate-hosts-woke-drag-event-for-teachers">The Daily Wire</a> on Monday.
The NJEA is behind one of the <a href="https://elec.nj.gov/pdffiles/elec_tronic/elec_tronic_2025/elec_tronic_issue183_042025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top-spending</a> political groups in the state and strongly endorsed Sherrill last month. In the days following the election, the NJEA is set to host an event to celebrate “the vibrant world of drag” for public school teachers.
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The event, called “<a href="https://njeaconvention.njea.org/njea-consortium/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drag is not a Crime: The Past, Present, and Future of Drag</a>,” is part of the NJEA Consortium <a href="https://learning.njea.org/consortium/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">program</a>, an initiative to boost diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on minority communities in K-12 classrooms across New Jersey.
The Ciattarelli campaign, however, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-nj-political-arm-backing-dem-gov-candidate-hosts-woke-drag-event-for-teachers">told</a> The Daily Wire that the NJEA and Sherrill don’t care about education and teachers. “Drag might not be a crime, but looking the other way while 80% of third graders in some of New Jersey’s schools can’t read at grade level should be,” a campaign strategist for Ciattarelli said.
“The NJEA and far-left politicians like Mikie Sherrill could care less about education or teachers,” the statement continued. “The NJEA’s core mission is preserving political power, pushing an extreme ‘woke’ agenda on young children, and propping up out-of-touch politicians like Mikie Sherrill who vote against parental rights.”
“When Jack Ciattarelli is Governor, parents are back in charge and the NJEA is in timeout,” the strategist added.
Ciattarelli responded to the report on X, too, posting, &#8220;I’m all about live and let live, but why are drag queens a featured event at a public school teacher’s conference and what does it have to do with educating our children?! This is Mikie Sherrill’s NJ, not mine.&#8221;
&#8220;When I’m Governor, we’re getting back to the basics in our public school curriculum, leaving all this other subject matter to the kitchen table where it belongs &#8211; where parents can decide if and when to discuss with their children,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It’s time!&#8221;
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New Jersey’s <a href="https://twitter.com/Jack4NJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jack4NJ</a> reacts to our <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> story from Monday, on <a href="https://twitter.com/MikieSherrill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikieSherrill</a>’s largest donor the NJEA hosting a DRAG event for teachers two days after the election.
The election is in less than a week.
Read it here: <a href="https://t.co/NtZOxgDigX">https://t.co/NtZOxgDigX</a> <a href="https://t.co/2p0oYbbEVW">pic.twitter.com/2p0oYbbEVW</a>
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1983724711021551989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
The race between Sherrill and Ciattarelli has only tightened in the days leading up the election, with some polls showing a statistical tie.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-nj-political-arm-backing-dem-gov-candidate-hosts-woke-drag-event-for-teachers">NJ’s Top Teacher Union, A Massive Donor To Mikie Sherrill, Set To Host Woke Drag Event For Teachers</a>

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Constitution is &#8220;pretty clear&#8221; on presidential term limits, putting to rest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-third-term-talk-puts-leftists-in-a-tizzy-again">theories</a> that have been pushed recently about Trump seeking to run again in 2028.
While en route to South Korea, Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “I have my highest poll numbers that I&#8217;ve ever had, and, you know, based on what I read, I guess I&#8217;m not allowed to run.&#8221;
&#8220;I would say that if you read [the Constitution], it&#8217;s pretty clear. I&#8217;m not allowed to run. It&#8217;s too bad,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;But we have a lot of great people,&#8221; referring to the potential Republican presidential candidates waiting to take the torch from him.
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&#8220;Based on what I read, I guess I&#8217;m not allowed to run.&#8221;
US President Donald Trump conceded Wednesday that it was “pretty clear” the Constitution didn’t allow him to seek a third term as president, despite frequently floating the idea in recent months <a href="https://t.co/3MeLI1D3J8">https://t.co/3MeLI1D3J8</a> <a href="https://t.co/08tM9EfCMu">pic.twitter.com/08tM9EfCMu</a>
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/can-trump-run-for-a-third-term-in-2028-mike-johnson-says-he-doesnt-see-the-path-192522300.html">pushed back</a> against the third-term theories on Tuesday, saying, “It&#8217;s been a great run, but I think the president knows, and he and I have talked about, the constrictions of the Constitution.”
The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, ratified in 1951, states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” The 22nd Amendment was ratified shortly after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms before he died in office in 1945.
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Theories about Trump running for a third term in 2028 swirled this week after former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that &#8220;there is a plan&#8221; to create a path for Trump to run again. Trump would be 82 years old when the 2028 election takes place.
“Trump is going to be president in 2028, and people just ought to get accommodated with that,” Bannon <a href="https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1981393309869215887">said</a> during an interview with The Economist last week. “We need him for at least one more term, and he’ll get that in 2028.”
Trump was asked about Bannon&#8217;s remarks earlier this week and told reporters that he &#8220;would love&#8221; to run in 2028. Trump&#8217;s and Bannon&#8217;s comments sparked rage and trepidation among political commentators on the Left. Some leftists have also argued that Trump&#8217;s tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom is evidence that he plans on staying in office past January 20, 2029.
The president has hinted at a potential 2028 run multiple times in recent months, but has also stated that the idea &#8220;is not something I&#8217;m looking to do.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s official store also sells &#8220;Trump 2028&#8221; hats, keeping alive fears that he could run. But all of the third-term talk appears to just be talk, or possibly a ruse to troll Democrats. Political <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-third-term-politics.html">analysts</a> have also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/president-trump-third-term-2028">suggested</a> that Trump and his allies are keeping third-term theories alive to prevent Trump from becoming a lame-duck president, which could hinder his agenda as he gets closer to the end of his term.

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With a strong possibility that New York City might elect anti-police candidate Zohran Mamdani as mayor, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis made a pitch directly to NYPD officers, asking them, “Do you want to go out there and risk your life knowing that the mayor hates you?”
In 2020, Mamdani <a href="https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-slammed-as-old-defund-police-stance-resurfaces-after-ny-cop-killed-in-manhattan-shooting?utm_source=chatgpt.com">wrote</a> on social media, &#8220;No, we want to defund the police,&#8221; &#8220;Queer liberation means defund the police,&#8221; and accused the NYPD of being &#8220;racist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety.&#8221; He later wrote, &#8220;There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked and corrupt. Defund it. Dismantle it. End the cycle of violence.&#8221; In 2023, he declared that the “boot of the NYPD is on your neck.”
“If he’s elected, I think it’ll be an example of voters of New York City committing an act of ballistic podiatry because it is going to come back and bite the city,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum. “He is so far Left and he mixes his leftism with Islamism. He’s going to make the (former NYC Democratic Mayor Bill) de Blasio years look like the golden age.”
“And I can tell you, in Florida we’re affected by this, just with the law enforcement alone,” he continued. “If you’re working in NYPD, do you want to go out there and risk your life knowing that the mayor hates you? No, a lot of them are not going to want to do that, and in Florida, we’ve established a $5,000 recruitment bonus. So if you are somebody that doesn’t want to serve under that guy as mayor, you come to Florida, any state or local law-enforcement agency, you get $5000 right at the top.”
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“I will tell you: If you say you’re going to disband the NYPD, if you put the criminals back on the street, if you engage in far-Left policies that would make George Soros blush, people do respond to that,” DeSantis said of the possibility that New Yorkers may leave the city if Mamdani is elected. “And of all the people that have migrated to Florida since I’ve been governor, I would say the number one reason they’ve left places — like New York City under De Blasio, like they’ve left Chicago under this mayor and the previous mayor, like leaving San Francisco and Los Angeles — is public safety. Those leftist politicians turn their backs on the police, turn their backs on the rule of law, and then the citizens were the ones that paid the price.”
“And I will tell you the disproportionate impact on those far-Left policies that do help the criminal element is actually not even the wealthy people — though they’re affected to a certain extent — it’s the working class people; it’s the middle class. Those are the folks that get affected the most. I do think that he will spark migration out of the city, particularly if he follows through on his far-left, anti-law enforcement policies,” he concluded.
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DeSantis To NYPD: Don’t Risk Your Life For A Mayor Who Hates You

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There is some good news out of New York. It&#8217;s not a lot of good news out of New York, but it&#8217;s some good news.
There&#8217;s a brand new poll from Suffolk University showing that in New York, Andrew Cuomo — who is really the only hope of stopping Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral race — is catching up to Zohran Mamdani. The poll found that Mamdani no longer leads Cuomo by 20 points or 15 points, but the lead is down to ten, and Mamdani is stuck at 44%.
Typically, when somebody wins the New York mayoral race, they win well over a majority. Here you have Mamdani at 44%. You have Cuomo at 34%, and you have Curtis Sliwa at 11%. There will be a lot of talk if Mamdani ends up mayor about why Curtis Sliwa stayed in the race.
The reality is that Curtis Sliwa is not going to be the next mayor of New York. And if his vote share is larger than the margin of victory for Mamdani, that will leave some questions to be asked. 
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<li>   Why is the New York City population so insipid?</li>
<li>   Why didn’t Sliwa drop out?</li>
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As David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, says, Sliwa “is one person in New York City whose voters could have an outsized impact on the outcome.”
This is the first poll since Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the race.
Most of his support has bled to Cuomo.
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Mamdani is running a terrible final week of this campaign. He has decided that his closing message is going to be that New York City is famous for Islamophobia and if you don&#8217;t elect him, it&#8217;s because you don&#8217;t like Muslims, which is a wild statement in a city that suffered 9/11 (where apparently the only victim of 9/11, according to Zohran Mamdani, was his own female relative, who was wearing some sort of hijab on the subway and somebody gave her a mean look).
So now his final closing pitch is, “Why won&#8217;t you give me the mayoralty? If you don&#8217;t, it&#8217;s because you&#8217;re mean to Muslims.”
That is the mark of a person who truly feels entitled to everything. If you won&#8217;t give him the mayoralty of the financial center of planet Earth, it must not be because he&#8217;s a bad candidate, an out-and-out communist, a sympathizer with jihadists, but because you are mean to Muslims.
Lest you truly believe that Mamdani is some sort of soft-hearted, wonderful person, I want to point out a <a href="https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1982974662175752646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1982974662175752646%7Ctwgr%5Ea2e8d1de8daa0c8f2de3ff7e8ee90b7b4f37eb71%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2Fzohran-mamdani-bashes-the-cops-and-israel-in-wild-unearthed-video-when-the-boot-of-the-nypd-is-on-your-neck-its-been-laced-by-the-idf%2F">clip of him from 2023</a>. You want to know where his ideology comes from? His ideology is deeply, deeply ensconced in the Red-Green alliance between communists and radical jihadists that is characteristic of so much of the Left these days.
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September, 2023.
Zohran Mamdani: &#8220;We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it&#8217;s been laced by the IDF.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/sr8pQyKvCq">pic.twitter.com/sr8pQyKvCq</a>
— MAZE (@mazemoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1982974662175752646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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That quote from him in September 2023 shows him explaining that basically, his hatred for capitalism springs from his dislike of the “Zionists.” 
Mamdani stated:
<blockquote>The importance for me of international solidarity is that it takes me out of the American political landscape and reminds me just how tame some of the things that I’m actually calling for in the next board. And it reminds me of the necessity of grounding ourselves in the struggles as opposed to the fights around the struggles. For anyone to care about these issues … We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF. We’re in a country where those connections abound. Especially in New York City, you have so many opportunities to make clear the ways in which that struggle over there is tied to capitalist interests over here.</blockquote>
So you see, it&#8217;s really the Jews in Israel who are tied to the capitalist interests in New York City. And capitalism, of course, is bad. If you missed it, he said, “When the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.”
This was not 15 years ago. This was two years ago. He was a full grown-ass man when he said this sort of garbage.
But if you point this out, you’re “Islamophobic.”
He only cares about “affordability.” How is he going to deliver affordability? No one knows. But if he just says “affordability” over and over and over, then affordability will magically appear in New York City. It&#8217;s like Beetlejuice. If you say affordability three times, then magically all of the rents go down.
He has no idea how he&#8217;s going to do anything. But that doesn&#8217;t matter. The reason people support Mamdani is because he&#8217;s “fetch” and he&#8217;s “brat.”
There are a lot of idiots in New York, and those idiots in New York are fully on board with the idea that if you don&#8217;t vote for Zohran Mamdani, it must be because you are some sort of racist, or because you hate gay people, or because you are one of those “capitalist tools.”
One can only hope that the non-idiots in New York will show up to vote.
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Speaking in 2023, Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s hyper-antisemitism, intertwined with his socialist contempt for police and the capitalist system, was amply displayed in a comment about the NYPD and Israel.
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Mamdani referred to the “boot of the NYPD” being on the neck of New York City residents, adding that the “boot” was “laced by the IDF.”
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In a gobbledygook statement that was redolent with his completely anti-Western views, Mamdani stated, “The importance for me of international solidarity is that it takes me out of the American political landscape and reminds me just how tame some of the things that I’m actually calling for in the next board. And it reminds me of the necessity of grounding ourselves in the struggles as opposed to the fights around the struggles. For anyone to care about these issues &#8230; We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it&#8217;s been laced by the IDF. We’re in a country where those connections abound. Especially in New York City, you have so many opportunities to make clear the ways in which that struggle over there is tied to capitalist interests over here.”
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Zohran Mamdani: &quot;We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it&#39;s been laced by the IDF.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sr8pQyKvCq">pic.twitter.com/sr8pQyKvCq</a>
&mdash; MAZE (@mazemoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1982974662175752646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In 2020, Mamdani <a href="https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-slammed-as-old-defund-police-stance-resurfaces-after-ny-cop-killed-in-manhattan-shooting?utm_source=chatgpt.com">wrote</a> on social media, &#8220;No, we want to defund the police,&#8221; &#8220;Queer liberation means defund the police,&#8221; and accused the NYPD of being &#8220;racist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety.&#8221; He later wrote, &#8220;There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked and corrupt. Defund it. Dismantle it. End the cycle of violence.&#8221;
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In May 2025, Mamdani, who supports the BDS movement targeting Israel, <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-candidate-forum-uja-jcrc-ny-cuomo-jewish-israel/">refused to say</a> whether Israel had a right to exist as a Jewish state. He has <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-nyc-mayoral-frontrunner-zohran-mamdani-has-said-about-jews-and-israel/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">repeatedly referred</a> to Israel’s war against Hamas as a “genocide.”
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Mamdani has sponsored a bill that would fine Jewish groups at least $1 million for donating to “unauthorized” charities operating in Israel. The legislation would ban Jewish synagogues and charities from donating to groups such as United Hatzalah and ZAK. These nonprofit groups specialize in emergency response and treatment of victims of terrorism, according to <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-859627?dicbo=v2-puQTs4k#google_vignette">The Jerusalem Post</a>.
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Tim Pearce contributed to this article.
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More Of Mamdani’s Anti-NYPD, Anti-Israel Rhetoric Resurfaces As Critics Warn Of Dangerous Extremism

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For years, concerns about the lack of voting integrity in California have simmered beneath the surface — concerns rooted foremost in the absence of a requirement for valid identification at the polls. This has been a central issue for Republicans, who have fought for decades to implement common-sense verification measures, yet repeatedly found their efforts stymied by Democrats resistant to change. Now, with the approach of the November 4 election, these concerns are once again thrust into the spotlight thanks to the controversial California Proposition 50, a ballot measure that stands alone and, many argue, wastes both public time and money.
At the heart of this issue is the gerrymandering that has come to define California politics. Despite making up roughly 25% of the state’s registered voters, Republicans account for just 17% of California’s congressional delegation. Democrats, meanwhile, hold an overwhelming 83% of the state’s 52 available House seats. Such disproportions raise pressing questions about the fairness and responsiveness of the democratic process within the state.
To better understand the stakes of this upcoming vote, I spoke with Deborah Pauly, an attorney with the <a href="https://www.lexrex.org/">Lex Rex Institute</a> in Long Beach — a constitutional advocacy group engaged in public interest litigation to restore electoral integrity. According to Pauly, Proposition 50 is not just a technical adjustment or benign update to election law. She describes it as a retaliatory measure, devised in Sacramento, aimed at achieving mid-decade partisan redistricting that further consolidates Democratic power at the expense of meaningful representation and electoral competitiveness.
But as troubling as the redistricting implications may be, Pauly points to an even larger and more urgent issue: the fundamental security, or lack thereof, in California’s voting process, especially with respect to mail-in ballots. She urges all voters to be extremely cautious about using their mail-in ballots to register votes in this election.
Why is secure voting so critical? Because the legitimacy and stability of our democratic process depend on it. A core American principle is that every vote must be counted as cast and must remain private and protected. When voters are confident their ballots are secure, the civic fabric holds firm — even amidst the most heated or contentious races. Strip away that confidence, and the door swings open to polarization, conspiracy, and ultimately, the unraveling of public trust in democratic outcomes.
Unfortunately, there is mounting evidence that California is failing to uphold this bedrock democratic principle. As revealed by a volunteer working with <a href="https://patriotforceca.org/">Patriot Force California</a>, the mail-in ballots for this year’s solitary ballot initiative appear to be neither private nor secure. Pauly thus describes an “incurable flaw” in the design of the mail-in ballot envelope issued in Orange County — a flaw that may very well be echoed in counties across the state.
In a recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xlFYd5JCaE">Lex Rex Institute video</a>, and as seen in the image below, this risk is starkly demonstrated. With just one item on the ballot, folding the ballot in half and placing it in the purportedly “secure” envelope leaves the vote clearly visible if anyone shines a light through it. As someone who has already sent in such a ballot, I can attest to the disturbing accuracy of this claim. Thankfully, the Lex Rex Institute is preparing to file a challenge to the mail-in ballot envelopes in the federal courts in the Central District of California.
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Note this is not just an abstract concern: the right to vote in privacy has deep historical roots, going back to <a href="https://campaignlegal.org/update/voters-have-right-secret-ballot">1888</a>. That is why voter privacy is built into the infrastructure of every voting center, with walls and barriers designed to ensure confidentiality. Yet these same standards are being ignored when it comes to absentee and mail-in voting. Even worse, Pauly notes flaws have been discovered in Sacramento — ballots that can be partially viewed due to literal holes in the envelope, putting the privacy of the vote at direct risk. The evidence is clear: compromised privacy in mail-in voting is not unique to Orange County.
So what does Proposition 50 represent, if not a dangerous step backward? The flaws and breaches revealed are not mere technical oversights — they are fundamental violations of a citizen’s right to a secret ballot and to confidence in the voting process. Allowing these problems to go unchecked would undermine not only the outcome of this ballot, but the entire system by which we govern ourselves.
This is a clarion call for all Californians who value their vote and believe in genuine democracy. If you care about the sanctity of your ballot, do not remain silent. Make your voice heard loudly — not only at the ballot box, but by contacting your Registrar of Voters, your local representatives, and the courts. Demand real security for all ballots, insist on proper ballot design, and require true transparency in our electoral process. Support principled organizations like the Lex Rex Institute and Patriot Force California as they lead the legal challenge to restore election integrity.
The right to privacy, and the assurance of a fair, accurate vote, is the foundation of self-government. These are not partisan issues, but essentials of the republic itself. Insist on immediate reforms and lend your voice and energy to the fight to ensure Proposition 50 and future elections live up to the standards America deserves. The integrity of our republic depends on our resolve to defend it. Stand up. Speak out. Demand better — for yourself, and for generations of Californians yet to come.
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Walter Myers III is a Southern California-based Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Poking Holes In California’s Prop 50: See-Through Envelopes And Lack Of Voter Privacy

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Gavin Newsom

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In a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2025-10-26/argentina-midterm-elections">stunning political comeback</a>, Argentine President Javier Milei&#8217;s La Libertad Avanza (LLA) party secured a decisive victory on Sunday in the midterm elections, capturing approximately 41% of the national vote. This marks a significant rebound from a previous setback in the Buenos Aires province, underscoring Milei&#8217;s growing influence across Argentina&#8217;s political landscape.
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The election results grant Milei&#8217;s coalition substantial leverage in the Chamber of Deputies, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/milei-scores-historic-win-argentina-midterms-tightens-grip-congress">increasing</a> its seats from 37 to 64. This enhanced representation positions the LLA to effectively defend presidential vetoes and advance critical economic reforms. Notably, the LLA won 16 of Argentina&#8217;s 24 provinces, including Buenos Aires, a traditional stronghold of the left-wing Peronist party. In the Buenos Aires province, the LLA narrowly edged out the Peronists, securing a 0.5% lead — a remarkable turnaround from a 14-point deficit in the previous month&#8217;s local elections.
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Gracias Presidente <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> por confiar en el pueblo argentino. Usted es un gran amigo de la República Argentina. Nuestras Naciones nunca debieron dejar de ser aliadas. Nuestros pueblos quieren vivir en libertad. Cuente conmigo para dar la batalla por la civilización… <a href="https://t.co/L2OVP11kyH">https://t.co/L2OVP11kyH</a>
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President Milei hailed the outcome as a &#8220;turning point for Argentina,&#8221; emphasizing that the electorate had decisively rejected the Peronist era of economic mismanagement. He characterized the election as a mandate for his libertarian economic agenda, which includes aggressive deregulation, austerity measures, and a commitment to reducing public sector expenditures.
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Internationally, the United States has been a pivotal ally in supporting Milei&#8217;s economic reforms. President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have provided substantial financial backing, including a $40 billion aid package comprising a $20 billion currency swap and a proposed $20 billion debt investment facility. Trump lauded the election results, stating that Milei&#8217;s &#8220;big win&#8221; had &#8220;made a lot of money for the United States.&#8221; Bessent <a href="https://fortune.com/2025/10/27/trump-made-lot-of-money-milei-argentina-midterm-election/">echoed</a> this sentiment, noting that the U.S. intervention had stabilized Argentina&#8217;s financial markets, with the peso strengthening and sovereign bonds surging in value.
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Economically, Milei&#8217;s administration has achieved notable successes, including a significant reduction in inflation from 12.8% to 2.1% since his inauguration. While these measures have been accompanied by public-sector job cuts and reductions in social spending, they have garnered support from investors and segments of the population that favor fiscal discipline.
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The midterm election results bolster Milei&#8217;s position as he seeks to implement further reforms to revitalize Argentina&#8217;s economy. With a strengthened mandate and continued international support, President Milei is poised to navigate the challenges ahead, steering Argentina toward a future defined by economic liberalization and reduced state intervention.
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During a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Democrat Senator Chris Murphy pivoted when asked about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo.
“I do want to ask you about the Maine Senate race, because earlier this month, you called Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner ‘impressive,’ but since then, obviously a lot about him has come out, including the fact that he had a Totenkopf, which is a skull head — it’s the Nazi emblem for the SS — he had one of those tattooed on his chest,” Tapper stated. “He’s denied that he knew what the tattoo meant until recently, but CNN did find several times he discussed the Totenkopf emblem in recent years and months. Do you still think Platner is impressive?”
Murphy acknowledged the reporting from CNN, then quickly pivoted to discussing Platner’s military service and calling him “a human being who made mistakes.”
“But I&#8217;ve also listened to him talk about, I mean, the difficult time that he went through in his life. And frankly, it&#8217;s not unfamiliar to a lot of soldiers who came back from service and had a very difficult time readjusting. So he sounds like a human being to me, a human being who made mistakes, recognizes them, and is very open about it,” Murphy said.
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Sen. Chris Murphy says he is &#8220;interested to hear from&#8221; Graham Platner amid controversy over his Nazi-linked tattoo but says Platner sounds like a &#8220;human being who made mistakes, recognizes them, and is very open about it.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/qVldjzMDM8">pic.twitter.com/qVldjzMDM8</a>
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Murphy wasn’t so sanguine about alleged Nazi symbolism just a few months ago when Elon Musk was accused of performing a “Nazi salute” at the presidential inauguration.
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After the gesture went viral, multiple high-profile individuals came to Musk’s defense, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Even the left-wing Anti-Defamation League released a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netanyahu-defends-musk-after-aoc-leftist-media-smear-him-as-a-nazi">statement</a> in defense of Musk, saying the Tesla founder &#8220;made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute.&#8221;
But Murphy was apparently deeply concerned, pressing Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) about the incident in a January <a href="https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-questions-elise-stefanik-on-elon-musks-nazi-salutes">Senate hearing.</a>
“I think antisemitism work is best when we call out what is happening on both sides of the aisle,&#8221; Murphy asked. &#8220;What do you think of Elon Musk, perhaps the president&#8217;s most visible advisor, doing two ‘Heil Hitler’ salutes last night at the President’s televised rally?”
“No, Elon Musk did not do those salutes … that is simply not the case, and to say so is – the American people are smart. They see through it. They support Elon Musk,” Stefanik replied.
Murphy pressed further still, citing several antisemitic X personalities who claimed what Musk did was a sign.

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Hundreds of requests have poured into the watchdog group StopAntisemitism after it offered last week to help New York City residents relocate over the potential rise of Zohran Mamdani to mayor.
Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor, leads former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, making an independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa by double-digits in polls. Mamdani calls himself a Democratic Socialist and has been accused by critics of courting antisemites if not trafficking in Jew-hatred himself.
“New Yorkers &#8211; looking to relocate if Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral race? We’d love to connect you to realtors in FL, TX, CT, etc. You deserve to live in a city not run by an antisemite,” an October 16 X <a href="https://x.com/StopAntisemites/status/1978976337067905284">post</a> from StopAntisemitism says.
“If Mamdani is elected, we will make it our mission to remove as much of his tax base as possible. Antisemites understand one thing &#8211; consequences,” a follow-up post says.
More than 300 people have expressed interest in StopAntisemitism’s offer since the post went up, group founder Liora Rez told The Daily Wire. In addition, real estate agents from across the United States have contacted Rez’s group to offer their services for anyone wishing to relocate out of The Big Apple.
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“I think the vast, vast majority of Jews in New York City are extremely frightened of what will happen if this man takes the mayoral seat. He will put Jewish safety on the back burner,” Rez told The Daily Wire. “I, personally, am deeply afraid that what we are witnessing in London right now – and overall what&#8217;s happening in the UK, whether it’s Manchester, so on and so forth – this is a precursor to what we will see in New York City in the next two to three years, if not sooner.”
Rez’s anecdotal experience – receiving a flood of interest from StopAntisemitism’s campaign – is supported by polling data. A survey released on Friday from Victory Insights has found that as much as a quarter of New York City residents would consider fleeing the city if Mamdani wins the election, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/24/us-news/26-of-new-yorkers-considering-fleeing-nyc-if-zohran-mamdani-becomes-mayor-poll/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">New York Post</a>.
Concerns about antisemitism have swirled around Mamdani’s campaign. His opponents in the mayoral race have hit him repeatedly for refusing to condemn the phrase, “globalize the intifada,” a call for violence against Israel and Jews.
Concerns about Mamdani have been raised by Jewish leaders across the country, with hundreds of rabbis, including dozens in New York City, expressing concern about Mamdani’s positions, rhetoric, and affiliations in an open <a href="https://jewishmajority.org/a-rabbinic-call-to-action">letter</a>.
Mamdani is a close associate of Linda Sarsour, having <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/zohran-mamdani-and-the-future-of-american-politics?srsltid=AfmBOoqEUNlJ9-vGzfhCzR53RUAHFdGc8aq3yHelu35sBbi6_qEagBBQ">joined</a> Sarsour’s Muslim Democratic Club of New York in 2015. The club was <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2013/03/new-yorks-first-muslim-democratic-club-launches-with-a-focus-on-local-issues-007402">co-founded</a> by Sarsour in 2013 as a vehicle to elect like-minded Muslims to political office. In 2018, Sarsour <a href="https://x.com/DGreenbaum/status/1980055653759521202">placed</a> Mamdani on the board of the Muslim Democratic Club.
Sarsour has long been dogged by accusations of antisemitism. She is a vocal supporter of the antisemitic Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement targeting Israel. She left her leadership position in the leftist activist organization Women’s March in 2018 as she and other leaders were accused of antisemitism and mismanagement.
Mamdani and Sarsour have another connection as well: Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj, who has been linked to other terrorist activity, has received praise from both <a href="https://x.com/lsarsour/status/436550332383244288">Sarsour</a> and Mamdani.
From Mamdani, the praise came as recently as last week. On October 17, Mamdani posted a photo online of him and Wahhaj, <a href="https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1979353018589237717">calling</a> the terror-linked Imam a “pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century.”

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Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron has entered the race for lieutenant governor, saying the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk inspired him to “get off of the sidelines” and serve his state.
&#8220;Alabama&#8217;s conservative and cultural values are under attack from every direction,&#8221; McCarron said in a <a href="https://www.wsfa.com/2025/10/23/former-alabama-qb-aj-mccarron-announces-run-lieutenant-governor/">press release</a> announcing his candidacy. &#8220;That&#8217;s why Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination affected so many of us so deeply. His example convinced me to get off of the sidelines, get into the game, and stand tall for our conservative beliefs, so today, I&#8217;m announcing my candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.&#8221;
McCarron was a standout quarterback at the University of Alabama, where he led the Crimson Tide to back-to-back BCS National Championships in 2012 and 2013 as a starter. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft and spent several seasons as their backup before brief stints with the Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans, and Atlanta Falcons. Most recently, he started at quarterback for the St. Louis BattleHawks in the United Football League.
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McCarron endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2016.
The ex-NFL player is currently working as a college football analyst and co-owns McCarron Real Estate with his wife, Katherine, who was Miss Alabama USA in 2012. They live in Mobile with their three children.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), the former head coach at Auburn University, announced he was running for governor of Alabama.
“The Montgomery insiders and career politicians have had their chance. It’s time for political newcomers and outsider candidates like me to lead the battle,” his statement said. “When Coach Tuberville is governor, I’ll be the quarterback who helps pass his conservative outsider agenda.”
Other GOP candidates in the lieutenant governor race include Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate, pastor Dean Odle, and Nicole Jones Wadsworth, per <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46699763/ex-qb-aj-mccarron-running-alabama-lieutenant-governor">ESPN</a>. The state primaries will be held on May 19, 2026.

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Charlie Kirk Just Inspired A Legendary Alabama Quarterback To Run For Office

Former Alabama QB Announces Bid For Lt Governor, Cites Charlie Kirk As His Inspiration

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Charlie Kirk

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The second big New York mayoral debate happened on Wednesday night.
The front-runner, Zoran Mamdani, the pro-Islamist, pro-jihadist Marxist front-runner who won the Democratic nomination, appeared against Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, who had to resign from office after getting a bunch of old people killed with his bad COVID policy — and also grabbing women. He ran out of old people and was ousted from office, which is why Kathy Hochul is now the governor of New York.
Cuomo lost the Democratic nomination to Mamdani and has been trailing him in the polls as an independent ever since, largely because there&#8217;s a third candidate in the race, Republican Curtis Sliwa. He’s a radio host from New York, and a long-time New York mainstay who founded the Guardian Angels. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, the Guardian Angels would walk around with red berets on the NYC subway, making the city safer for New Yorkers by intimidating would-be criminals. 
The polls right now have Mamdani ahead, and it is unclear that even if Sliwa drops out, the consolidated support between Cuomo and Sliwa would be enough to overcome Mamdani.
What is amazing is Mamdani’s base of support. According to a brand new poll out from the Patriot Polling <a href="https://patriotpolling.com/our-polls/f/new-york-city-mayoral-election">survey</a>, Mamdani has 62% of the foreign-born vote in New York City. Cuomo is at 24%; Sliwa is at 12%.
For those who seem to believe that it makes no difference when you import a bunch of people to the United States who have different views of the United States than mainline, mainstream, average American views — it makes a very, very big difference.
Among American-born New Yorkers, Cuomo leads at 40% while Mamdani has only 32%. Sliwa has 25%. The poll shows Mamdani at the top of the pack, with 43% of the overall vote, Cuomo with 34% of that vote, and Sliwa with 19%.
If that’s accurate, it would mean that Sliwa dropping out would mean that Mamdani would likely lose.
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It appears that TikTok has been putting its thumb on the scale in favor of Mamdani. The amount of online manipulation that is now part of our daily culture is truly astonishing. We saw it during BLM. We saw it during COVID. We&#8217;ve seen it most recently during the Israel-Hamas War, in which extraordinary amounts of propaganda were put out by foreign actors on TikTok and on X, deliberately designed to split the American body politic over that particular issue.
And now TikTok has been heavily promoting Zohran Mamdani.
According to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/business/tiktok-boosting-pro-mamdani-content-suppressing-pro-cuomo-clips-ahead-of-nyc-mayoral-election-report/">New York Post</a>:
<blockquote>TikTok is allegedly putting its thumb on the scale to help far-left New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani win the New York City mayoralty, a new report claims.The Chinese-owned app’s algorithm is “distorting the playing field in New York City’s mayoral race” by “amplifying” pro-Mamdani content while “suppressing” videos backing his opponent, Andrew Cuomo …</blockquote>
It is not a shock that the Chinese-based app would prefer a Marxist Islamist as the mayor of New York. 
In last night’s debate, when questioned in any serious fashion about his views, Mamdani had nothing. He&#8217;s got that phony, smarmy, pasted-on smile that sends a chill up the spine of everyone who can identify basic authenticity, but seems to charm the pants off a bunch of wild leftists who see Mamdani smiling and somehow think it’s genuine.
Cuomo and Sliwa went on the attack. It got hot. The reality is that on the debate stage, Sliwa was the best. There&#8217;s no question that Curtis is the best person on the debate stage.
The problem, of course, is that Curtis is a Republican. He&#8217;s never going to break 25% of the vote, not for love or money.
This has been a major issue, at least for the last several weeks. It&#8217;s been clear that the only way to beat Mamdani would be for there to be a consolidation of the vote.
Curtis was asked about dropping out and basically melted down, saying, “I have armed security guards now protecting my life. And Nancy&#8217;s like I&#8217;ve been bribed by the billionaires to drop out of here. If anything happens to me or anything happens to my wife because of this frenzy that I hear constantly coming from some of your colleagues here at WABC, it&#8217;s on you guys. &#8230; my life is on the line here &#8230; The frenzy that is coming out of people&#8217;s mouths &#8230;”
That is not an excuse for why he’s staying in the race. Many of us have armed security at all times. That is the nature of the beast right now. It is just an unfortunate point in American politics.
That is an unfortunate result of so many political actors these days who use unhinged rhetoric about their opponents and include in that unhinged rhetoric, insane conspiracism that leads unhinged people to believe that prominent political commentators and politicians are controlling their lives and making their lives worse in such a way that they can only be removed by force.
Curtis needs to drop out to give Cuomo a shot. Cuomo has run a particularly terrible race. He has basically been a somnambulist throughout this race. He has not run an energetic campaign. He seems to believe the mayoralty should simply fall in his lap.
But Mamdani didn&#8217;t get out of this debate scot-free; Cuomo launched a blistering attack, pointing out that Mamdani is a leech on the ass of society, that he has never held a job, and has been a completely useless person his entire life, which is absolutely true. He is a trust fund baby who tried to make a career as a bad rapper before getting elected to the Assembly, where he ditched pretty much every major vote. He is 33 years old and has yet to hold a real job, and he&#8217;s running for mayor of the financial capital of Planet Earth.
Cuomo blasted:
<blockquote>You have never had a job. You&#8217;ve never accomplished anything. There&#8217;s no reason to believe you have any merit or qualification for 8.5 million lives. You don&#8217;t know how to run a government, you don&#8217;t know how to handle an emergency, and you&#8217;ve literally never proposed the bill on anything that you&#8217;re not talking about in your campaign. You had the worst attendance record in the assembly, and you gave yourselves the highest raise in the United States of America. You went from 110,000 to $140,000, and then you never showed up for work and you missed 80% of the votes. Shame on you!</blockquote>
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Andrew Cuomo just eviscerated Zohran Mamdani for being a snake oil salesman.
“You’ve never had a job. You’ve never accomplished anything. You never proposed a bill in NY senate to fix anything. You had the worst attendance. You never even showed up. SHAME ON YOU.” <a href="https://t.co/N184Nrme43">pic.twitter.com/N184Nrme43</a>
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I cannot deal with Mamdani’s smile. I can&#8217;t. It&#8217;s so creepy and weird. The fakeness, the inauthenticity of this phony, phony human being is sinister.
He just says “affordability” and the “future” a lot. And what does he mean by affordability? He means that he is going to promise a bunch of things he can&#8217;t actually fulfill, because he doesn&#8217;t have the capacity to raise state taxes. He wants city-owned grocery stores and a $30 minimum wage.
This is crazy. He is a weirdo creep, a Marxist who seems to believe that he can run a junior high presidential campaign in which you promise no homework and free candy every day, and people will vote for it.
Mamdani is the scavenger coalition — all in one human. I talk in my book “Lions and Scavengers” about the Scavenger Coalition, which would be the leeches, vultures, and barbarians. He&#8217;s trying to appeal to all three. He really is more on the barbarian line, meaning he is somebody who is not originally from the United States, who does not believe in the basic ideals of the United States, but is using the free speech and freedom of thought and free politics in the United States to make his way to destroy the civilization from the inside.
And he is making promises he has no intention of keeping.
As I said before, this is a junior high school presidential campaign where he promises free cookies and milk, endless candy, and no homework.
And if New Yorkers buy this, they&#8217;re going to get to take the ride after they buy the ticket.
Curtis should drop out of the race. I&#8217;ve said it over and over. He does not have a path to victory. I&#8217;m of a divided mind about this because I still have the H.L. Mencken phraseology in my mind, which is that democracy is the theory that people get what they vote for, good and hard.
But as someone who would like to see New York not become even more of a s***hole than it has become recently, I&#8217;m obviously rooting very hard for the defeat of this Marxist Islamist.

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The most likely employer listed by donors to the Democratic National Committee so far this year is actually no employer at all.
An analysis of donors listed by the DNC in its most <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010603/?tab=raising">recent federal election filing</a> found that &#8220;not employed&#8221; was the top occupation listed in the filing, donating a total of $12 million so far in 2025.
Following “not employed,” some of the top occupations among DNC donors for 2025 include retired, attorney, physician, consultant, investor, professor, chairman, president, and CEO. 
By contrast, the top ten Republican occupations were retired, CEO, self-employed, chairman, founder, president, homemaker, entrepreneur, and investor. 
The donor profiles also show which states contribute the most. Four states appear on both parties’ top-ten lists: California, New York, Texas, and Illinois.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) gained the most donations in all four. California donors gave $6 million to the DNC but twice as much to the RNC — $12.2 million. New York Donors gave $2.9 million to the DNC compared to $4 million to the RNC. The pattern continued in Illinois with the RNC outpacing the DNC by $700,000. Texas gave $11.7 million to the RNC, compared with $1.5 million to the DNC. 
The DNC currently reports $12 million in cash on hand, while the RNC reports $86 million, revealing a $74 million gap between the two organizations. 
Additionally, the filings revealed <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/22/dnc-kamala-harris-campaign-debt">$1.6 million</a> paid to help pay down Kamala Harris’s 107-day campaign debt. She spent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-paid-closer-to-2-5-million-for-oprah-sit-down-report-shows">$1.5 billion</a> during her run for the nation’s highest office. Her 2024 presidential campaign was notable for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-paid-closer-to-2-5-million-for-oprah-sit-down-report-shows">high-profile</a> endorsements and performances by celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Cardi B, Jon Bon Jovi, and Beyoncé. 
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Despite financial constraints and $500,000 in outstanding loans, DNC Chair Ken Martin believes “there’s no such thing as an off year.” In a post on X, he highlighted the DNC’s commitment to hiring regional organizers and field staff across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 
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There’s no such thing as an off year. The DNC is all-in on hiring regional organizers and field staff across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for the final sprint.
We’re going to spend the next two weeks fighting for every single vote. <a href="https://t.co/lPR1dKLXoc">https://t.co/lPR1dKLXoc</a>
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenmartin73/status/1980665062135328799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Martin joined CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday and discussed the state of Democratic fundraising. Bash said the party had been struggling with donors, but Martin disagreed.
 “Fundraising is not going as poorly as you would suggest. We’ve raised a record amount of money in the first eight months of the year,” said Martin, who added that the main driver of funds was from grassroots contributions in small $5, $10, $15 monthly donations.

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