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How the Trump administration is trying to reshape how elections are run

PBS NewsHour

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June 24, 2026

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How the Trump administration is trying to reshape how elections are run

The Trump administration has made multiple efforts to reshape how elections are run with just months before the midterms. The debate over election security has led to tension between the White House and election administrators as the president falsely claims voter fraud is rampant nationwide. Liz Landers discussed more with Gabe Sterling of the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

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Los Angeles Times

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· Jul 2, 2026

Facing setbacks and resistance, Trump presses bid to reshape elections on multiple fronts

President Trump has spent months waging an unusually aggressive campaign to reshape how states run elections.

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 10, 2026

Election Forecaster Swings Four Races in Fresh Warning to MAGA

Cheney Orr / REUTERSA top election forecaster has shifted four gubernatorial races in Democrats’ favor, while only one race moved positively for Republicans. The Cook Political Report has moved the governor’s race in Ohio from “lean R” to “Toss Up” in a blow to the MAGA candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and also shifted the Arizona race from “Toss Up” to “Lean D.”The other favorable shifts for Democrats are in the gubernatorial races in New Mexico, now considered “Solidly D,” and in Maine, also considered “Solid D.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

PolitiFact

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· Jun 29, 2026

From booze-filled parties to mail ballots: how did American voting actually evolve?

How U.S. elections have changed over 250 years

Knewz

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· Jul 10, 2026

Democrats get new odds of flipping state President Donald Trump won three times

Democrats are seeing improved prospects in Alaska, a state President Donald Trump has carried in three straight presidential elections, as national forecasters and party strategists point to shifting dynamics in both the Senate and governor’s races ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, election. Momentum has been building in the Senate race since the Cook Political...

The Hill

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· Jun 24, 2026

How Trump is openly tilting the 2026 election field

A campaign to rig the midterm elections is well underway. The first time he was president, Donald Trump encouraged a violent mob to thwart Joe Biden's legitimate election win, then refused to intervene to halt the chaos. No accountability followed. Instead, Trump has become far more powerful, with a firm grip on Congress, sycophants surrounding...

Washington Examiner

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· Jun 24, 2026

Trump’s biggest midterm problem is that he fires up everyone — including Democrats: Byron York

What Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York calls the “Trump effect” could determine the outcome of the midterm elections, for better or for worse. “Almost everything in the past eight years can be described in terms of Donald Trump, and I think that this Democratic turnout increase is a Trump effect,” York said on []

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Related coverage for "How the Trump administration is trying to reshape how elections are run": Los Angeles Times — Facing setbacks and resistance, Trump presses bid to reshape elections on multiple fronts. The Daily Beast — Election Forecaster Swings Four Races in Fresh Warning to MAGA. PolitiFact — From booze-filled parties to mail ballots: how did American voting actually evolve?. Knewz — Democrats get new odds of flipping state President Donald Trump won three times. The Hill — How Trump is openly tilting the 2026 election field. Washington Examiner — Trump’s biggest midterm problem is that he fires up everyone — including Democrats: Byron York