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The Big Story
Arizona abortion ruling piles onto losing issue for GOP
Republicans campaigned for decades on restricting abortion access, but they face a new reality at the polls when those campaign promises take effect on state and national levels.
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The Arizona Supreme Court decision banning nearly all abortions in the state could have a huge impact on politics in the state and beyond.
Former President Trump, whose appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court made up three of the five votes in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, has recently sought to neutralize the issue by saying abortion should be left up to individual states.
The situation in Arizona centers on a Civil War-era law the state's highest court ruled to uphold. Under the 1864 law, it would be a felony to perform an abortion or help someone obtain one.
Vulnerable House Republicans and Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake are now trying to distance themselves from the ban.
“I don’t think there’s a single Republican candidate in Arizona that was prepared for the fallout of this particular decision,” Stan Barnes, a Republican consultant who previously served in Arizona’s state Senate, told The Hill.
Democrats, meanwhile, have been leaning into the abortion rights debate as a focus of the November elections. Lake's Democratic rival for the open Senate seat, Rep. Ruben Gallego, posted a video to social media platform X after the court’s decision, calling it “inhumane.”
“It’s my view that Gallego had a slight edge prior to this ruling,” Kirk Adams, former state House Speaker and chief of staff to former Gov. Doug Ducey (R), told The Hill. “After this ruling, I think it’s his race to lose.”
The Arizona seat could ultimately sway the Senate majority in the coming term. The issue could also have an impact on the House majority.
Essential Reads
Key election stories and other recent campaign coverage:
Trump campaign calls for additional, ‘much earlier’ debates
The Trump campaign on Thursday wrote to the Commission on Presidential Debates, urging the organization to move up the timeline for planned debates between former President Trump and President Biden and to increase the number of faceoffs the two candidates have before Election Day. The letter is the latest instance of the Trump campaign seeking to pressure Biden into debating in the fall, even as Trump skipped all of the GOP …
Full Story Wisconsin high court justice’s retirement may threaten liberal majority
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will not seek reelection to the bench next spring — a move that may threaten the slim liberal majority of the state’s high court. “My decision has not come lightly. It is made after careful consideration and reflection. I know I can do the job and do it well. I know I can win reelection, should I run. But, it’s just time to pass the torch, bringing fresh perspectives to the …
Full Story Biden campaign launches ad blitz in Arizona following abortion ruling
The Biden campaign launched an ad Thursday aimed at Arizona voters after the state’s Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law earlier this week that makes performing abortion a felony. The ad features President Biden speaking directly to voters about the risk former President Trump poses to abortion access for millions of women. “The question is — if Donald Trump gets back in power, what freedom will you lose next?” …
Full Story The Countdown
Upcoming news themes and events we're watching:
- 95 days until the Republican National Convention
- 130 days until the Democratic National Convention
- 208 days until the 2024 general election
In Other News
Branch out with a different read from The Hill:
Bolton says he will write in Dick Cheney for president again this year
Former national security adviser John Bolton revealed he will write in former Vice President Dick Cheney for president in November — for the second time. “Well, I might as well say it now. I voted for Dick Cheney,” Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Wednesday on “The Source,” when asked who he wrote in for president in the 2020 election. “And I’ll vote for Dick Cheney again this November.” Collins noted …
Full Story The Memo: Democratic dissent over Israel grows, deepening Biden’s dilemma
President Biden is facing deepening political trouble as criticism of Israel’s assault on Gaza grows more widespread and a possible invasion of Rafah looms. Discontent with Biden’s substantive support for Israel has spread across the Democratic Party, even as the president has toughened his rhetoric criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, Republicans are upping their attacks on Biden as …
Full Story Around the Nation
Local and state headlines regarding campaigns and elections:
- Georgia’s rural hospitals at risk of closure, report finds (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- Taylor Swift is now a class at the University of Miami. What will the students learn? (Miami Herald)
- As Senate race heats up, Ted Cruz pitches himself as the better bipartisan (Texas Tribune)
What We're Reading
Election news we've flagged from other outlets:
- Matt Gaetz Is Winning: But what’s the prize he’s after? (The Atlantic)
- Mark Cuban says there is one thing that he wishes Americans understood better about the economy in an election year (Business Insider)
- How Voters Describe the 2024 Election in One Word (The New York Times)
Elsewhere Today
Key stories on The Hill right now:
Senate Democrats ‘baffled’ by calls for Sotomayor to step aside
Senate Democrats are pushing back against calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step aside from the Supreme Court after left-wing activists and commentators raised the idea in the hopes of avoiding a repeat of what happened after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death four years ago. Sotomayor, 69, is the oldest of the three liberal justices … Read more
Trump faces do-or-die moment with hush money trial
Former President Trump is facing a do-or-die moment in his effort to delay the start of his first criminal trial, with his choice of punting tactics dwindling in the days leading up to his day in court in New York. The former president has vigorously fought to stave off his criminal trials until after Election Day — an endeavor that, if … Read more
What People Think
Opinions related to campaigns and elections submitted to The Hill:
- NPR editor’s tell-all confirms what we already knew about the media
- On abortion, Republicans want to change the subject — but Trump won’t let them
- The Postmodern Revolution — and why it provides the key to Biden’s reelection
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