Elaine Godfrey

Read more about the Democrats who might run for president in 2028 here W hen I first met Gretchen Whitmer last fall, she seemed to want to talk about anything except Donald Trump.

A shocking number of the president's supporters have turned against him. T omas Montoya has sold festival foods—funnel cakes, burgers, hot dogs—across the American Southwest for years.

Are the party's hopes for the Hawkeye State real, or just another mirage? T here are a few ways to think about Iowa.

Ken Paxton won Trump's endorsement, but may struggle in a general election.

Paxton versus Talarico is already awful.

The state will have its first competitive races in years.

Some sounded vaguely feminist; another doesn’t want women to vote

But where are its leaders? P erhaps I should've expected the meeting to devolve into chaos.

They're over moderates and incumbents. S omething is happening in the Democratic base. For a year and a half Democrats have been disgusted with President Trump.

The party is getting a redo, but will they blow it? T he Nazi tattoo wasn't bad enough to force Graham Platner to abandon his Senate bid, his defenders argued earlier this year.