Tuesday’s special election in a swing district will be a preview of the two major parties’ midterm policy strategies on abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the right to end a pregnancy.
It’s shaping up to be the last major electoral test before the November midterms of Democrats’ attempts to channel anger over the decision — and subsequent state abortion bans — into votes for their candidates and Republican efforts to keep the focus on different issues.
After closer-than-expected special elections for the U.S. House in right-leaning districts in Nebraska and Minnesota, and after the elimination of an anti-abortion ballot measure in conservative Kansas, Democrats across the country are increasingly campaigning to protect and expand abortion rights and some Republicans. have become nervous about the potential effects in November.
