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Trump Rallies and a Race for Votes: Scenes From the Final Stage of the Campaigns

Updates from around the country as candidates make their final pitches to the voters who will help shape America for the next two years.

Here Are the Women Working to Elect Women in 2018

With record numbers of women on the ballot this year, 12 women discussed their motivations to help other women get elected.

The Year of the Woman’s Activism: Marches, Phone Banks, Postcards, More

It’s not just about the women running for office. A surge in activism has redefined “women’s issues” and deepened the gender divide between the parties.

Fire the Gun or Film the Ultrasound? How Women Running for Office Define Toughness.

The 2018 election cycle has been called “the year of the woman,” but Republican and Democratic female candidates have starkly different takes on what that means.

Female Candidates Break Barriers, Except When It Comes to Money

Women are running in record numbers, and asserting themselves as donors as well, but they still trail male candidates in fund-raising.

Kavanaugh Battle Shows the Power, and the Limits, of #MeToo Movement

Christine Blasey Ford’s emergence shows how pivotal the movement has become, and how its dynamics have threaded their way into American life.

Female Candidates Calibrate Politics With Support for Kavanaugh Accusers

Democratic and Republican women are treading carefully on the allegations against the Supreme Court nominee, well aware that they cannot alienate suburban women.

Many Voters Tend to Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Even if They Question Her Motive

In a Pennsylvania swing district, voters are gripped by the allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, and divided over them.

On Kavanaugh, a Changed America Debates an Explosive Charge

The accusations against the Supreme Court nominee are being assessed under different social and cultural conventions than when the episode allegedly occurred.

Women Have Won More Primaries Than Ever Before. Will They Set a Record in November?

Despite record primary victories, it is possible that the number of women will decline or remain at status quo in Congress and in the governors’ offices.