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Can Faith-Driven Democratic Candidates Flip the Script in the 2026 Midterms?
About nine pastors, seminary students and Sunday school teachers are running as Democrats in the 2026 U.S. midterms, mostly in Republican-leaning states such as Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee. Their campaigns test whether faith-based outreach can help Democrats win over Christian voters and break the GOP's long hold on religious voters.