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Grace Segers

Grace Segers is a staff writer at The New Republic, where she covers Congress and politics. Previously, she worked as a political reporter for CBS News, where she covered two Supreme Court confirmations, two elections, two impeachment trials, a pandemic, and an insurrection. She also served as a digital reporter for City & State New York. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.

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November 8, 2022
Grace Segers
Democrats Prepare for First Test Against Georgia’s New Voter Restrictions
After the Peach State went blue in 2020, the GOP-controlled state legislature went to great lengths to make sure it didn’t happen again.
November 7, 2022
Grace Segers
2022 Could Have Been the Climate Change Election—Except Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About It
Economic issues have dominated this year’s campaigns. But talking candidly about climate change could hold the key to a majority in Congress.
November 7, 2022
Grace Segers
Raphael Warnock Offers a Sunday Prayer for Tuesday Voters
In his final worship service before Election Day, the reverend and Georgia senator struck an optimistic tone.
October 31, 2022
Grace Segers
The Critically Important Alaska Election That You Haven’t Heard About
Voters in the Great North will choose whether to hold a constitutional convention, which opponents say could open the door to restricting abortion rights.
October 28, 2022
Grace Segers
The Power of the Native Vote Is Reshaping Alaska Politics
After decades of being shut out at the ballot box, the state’s tribal populations now wield significant influence as a voting bloc.
October 26, 2022
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How Democrats Are Holding Onto Latino Voters in Arizona
As the support of this critical voting bloc has ebbed elsewhere, the Grand Canyon State is providing a lesson on how to win it back.
October 25, 2022
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The Candidates Trying to Turn the Arizona Legislature Blue
Republicans hold the state legislature by just a handful of seats, and whether they retain control will be decided by a few key districts in the Phoenix area.
October 21, 2022
Grace Segers
Mini Timmaraju Takes the Fight for Reproductive Rights on the Campaign Trail
“We’re not restoring Roe in one election cycle,” the head of NARAL tells TNR. “This is a decades-long fight.”
October 13, 2022
Grace Segers
Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye
The January 6 committee saves its greatest surprise for last, voting unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump.
October 10, 2022
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Michael Bennet Authored the Democrats’ Most Successful Pandemic Aid Program. Why Is His Senate Reelection Shaky?
The expanded child tax credit lifted millions of kids out of poverty, but Congress failed to extend it. Now the Colorado senator is facing the difficulty of running on an expired policy.
October 6, 2022
Grace Segers
Democrats Seethe After OPEC Decision to Cut Oil Output
Some lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that America’s long-standing partnership with Saudi Arabia might not be worth the pain.
October 4, 2022
Grace Segers
Bernie Sanders Wants Build Back Better Back
The Vermont Senator rues the failure to pass Biden’s big social spending bill. “That was transformational. And we came within two votes of doing that.”
September 30, 2022
Grace Segers
Biden Gives Anti-Hunger Advocates Reason for Hope
For the first time in 50 years, the White House held a conference to address the nationwide crises of hunger and food insecurity.
September 28, 2022
Grace Segers
Afghan Evacuees Watch and Wait for Congress to Pull Them Out of Legal Limbo
Lawmakers have yet to vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would provide those who left the country amid our chaotic military withdrawal with a pathway to permanent residency.
September 23, 2022
Grace Segers
How the Sprawling Fight Over Permitting Reform Could Capsize Congress
The side deal that Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin cut to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now threatens to be the proximate cause of a government shutdown.
September 21, 2022
Grace Segers
Congress Is Racing to Coup-Proof the Next Presidential Election
House Democrats on Wednesday passed their reform of the Electoral Count Act. The Senate has a different reform bill in mind. Only one can win.
September 15, 2022
Grace Segers
Delaying a Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t a Death Knell
The Senate won’t be voting on a bill to protect same-sex marriage until after the election. But that doesn’t mean it won’t pass at all.
September 14, 2022
Grace Segers
What Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Understand About Abortions After 15 Weeks
The South Carolina senator’s proposed ban can’t be squared with either the medical consensus or the lives of those who most often have to seek the procedure late in their pregnancies.
September 13, 2022
Grace Segers
How Chuck Schumer Finally Got His Big Breakthrough
“I know everything about my caucus,” the Senate majority leader enthused. “I care about them. I love them.”
August 30, 2022
Grace Segers
How Pat Ryan’s Fast-Acting Campaign Turned Abortion Rights Into a Winning Message
The New York Democrat was quicker to the punch than most of his party when Roe was overturned. He was rewarded with a come-from-behind victory in a bellwether contest.

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