Mark Z Barabak
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- Sep 12, 2026
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Mark Z. Barabak: Integrity on the ballot: Election deniers target secretary of state races in key states (opens the original)
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Free and fair elections are foundational to our representative democracy. A government intended to reflect and honor the will of the people works only if the people can express their will. That’s why we have elections. But don’t take the word of your friendly political columnist. John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman and hero of the civil rights movement, said voting is precious and “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society.” Former President Reagan called the right
Mark Z. Barabak: Integrity on the ballot: Election deniers target secretary of state races in key states (opens the original)
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Free and fair elections are foundational to our representative democracy. A government intended to reflect and honor the will of the people works only if the people can express their will. That’s why we have elections. But don’t take the word of your friendly political columnist. John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman and hero of the civil rights movement, said voting is precious and “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society.” Former President Reagan called the right
Mark Z. Barabak: Texas is red, California blue — but for how much longer? A Lone Star toss-up will tell (opens the original)
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For more than three decades, California and Texas have been like tectonic plates drifting in opposite directions. California, the ancestral land of Republicans Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan, has become a Democratic stronghold. It’s been 20 years since a GOP candidate won statewide office. Texas, which bred Democratic giants such as Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson, has become a Republican fortress. A Democrat hasn’t been elected statewide in more than 30 years. And yet with the midterm ele
Mark Z. Barabak: Texas is red, California blue — but for how much longer? A Lone Star toss-up will tell (opens the original)
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For more than three decades, California and Texas have been like tectonic plates drifting in opposite directions. California, the ancestral land of Republicans Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan, has become a Democratic stronghold. It’s been 20 years since a GOP candidate won statewide office. Texas, which bred Democratic giants such as Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson, has become a Republican fortress. A Democrat hasn’t been elected statewide in more than 30 years. And yet with the midterm ele
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