On Saturday, Texas Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones clinched a historic victory in San Antonio’s mayoral race, further improving on Democrats’ victory and overperformance streak this year. Her win proves Texans are ready to ditch Trump’s chaos and elect candidates who will deliver for working families, despite major spending from dark-money right-wing groups. 

• In Texas: The Hill: Democrats fend off GOP in San Antonio mayor runoff election
• In Texas: San Antonio Report: San Antonio’s next mayor is Gina Ortiz Jones, an Air Force veteran who served in the Biden administration
• In Texas: San Antonio Express-News: Gina Ortiz Jones wins hyperpartisan mayoral race with 54% of vote
• In Texas: KSAT News: San Antonio Mayor-elect Gina Ortiz Jones speaks about priorities ahead of inauguration day
• In Texas: San Antonio Current: Incoming San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones picks City Hall outsider as chief of staff
• In Texas: LGBTQ Nation: Out veteran Gina Ortiz Jones elected mayor of San Antonio after campaigning on kindness & compassion
• In Texas: New York Times: Gina Ortiz Jones, a Progressive, Is Elected San Antonio’s Mayor
• In Texas: Texas Tribune: Air Force veteran Gina Ortiz Jones wins runoff race for San Antonio mayor
• In Texas: Axios: Gina Ortiz Jones says there’s no time to waste as San Antonio mayor

Last Tuesday’s slew of electoral races saw Democrats securing more victories in Oklahoma – further extending Democrats’ victories and overperformances in 2025. Amidst historic turnout for the Democratic primary, in New Jersey, Rep. Mikie Sherrill clinched the Democratic nomination for governor and will fight to protect the state from Trump-backed extremism this fall.  

• In New Jersey: New Jersey Monitor: Congresswoman wins Democratic primary in New Jersey governor’s race
• In New Jersey: WHYY: Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic primary race for N.J. governor
• In New Jersey: NBC News: New Jersey governor’s race is set as Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli win their primaries
• In New Jersey: Bloomberg: NJ’s Sherrill, Ciattarelli Win Primaries in Governor’s Race
• In New Jersey: Roll Call: Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic nomination for New Jersey governor
• In Oklahoma: KOSU: 3 new lawmakers, Sunday alcohol sales in Seminole and more election results
• In Oklahoma: Native News Online: Cherokee Nation Citizen Amanda Clinton Wins Oklahoma House District 71 Special Election

Ahead of Tuesday’s New Jersey primary, DNC Chair Ken Martin visited the Garden State to mobilize voters and lay out the stakes of this November’s election. During his trip, Chair Martin reiterated that the fight to stop Trump in 2025 goes through New Jersey. The DNC is all hands on deck to support the New Jersey Democratic Party and our nominees while ensuring they have every tool at their disposal to organize voters, build critical Democratic infrastructure, and secure wins up and down the ballot in November.  

• In New Jersey: New Jersey Globe: DNC chair says N.J. is central to Democrats’ push against Trump
• In New Jersey: Insider NJ: An Interview with Ken Martin, Chair of the DNC
• In New Jersey: NJ.com: ‘Stopping Donald Trump starts’ in N.J., top Democrat says

Meanwhile, Trump and his administration are doubling down on their threat to gut FEMA, denying much-needed relief funding for disaster-stricken communities. Nationwide, states like Virginia and Texas are being forced to take matters into their own hands. The contrast is clear: Trump doesn’t care about the safety of working families; he only cares about his own political theatrics and won’t hesitate to use Americans as collateral.

• In North Carolina: Southeast Politics: DNC blasts Donald Trump over denied funding to hurricane-ravaged North Carolina
• In Texas: Houston Chronicle: How Trump cuts to FEMA and HUD could impact Houston disaster recovery efforts this hurricane season
• In Virginia: Virginia Scope: Virginia vulnerable to Trump’s proposed cuts in emergency management and disaster relief
• Nationwide: CNN: Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season
• Nationwide: CBS News: Trump says his administration wants to “wean” states off FEMA aid after hurricane season

Trump and Republicans are attempting to gut Medicaid, ripping away health care for millions of Americans as part of their billionaires-first budget. As Trump and his lackeys turn their backs on the American people, health care professionals nationwide are sounding the alarm on the devastation this would cause to rural communities and hospitals. 

• In Kansas: NPR: Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13,000 Kansans their health care coverage
• In New York: Times Union: NY lawmakers warn of health care, job cuts if U.S. Senate approves Medicaid cuts
• In Pennsylvania: Spotlight PA: Federal budget bill could strip 300K Pennsylvanians of Medicaid coverage, push rural hospitals to the brink
• In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin Medicaid director: New federal requirements would affect ‘the whole health care economy’
• In South Dakota: South Dakota Searchlight: 13,000 South Dakotans would lose Medicaid if ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ passes, research group says
• Nationwide: CBS News: Medicaid cuts could devastate hundreds of rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say
• Nationwide: Healthcare Dive: More than half of adults worry Medicaid cuts could hurt healthcare access: KFF