– Democrats are forecast to take back the House and possibly the Senate. Women make up almost 32% of total nominees in House races this year and 27% of Senate nominees.

– Tennessee and Minnesota both have two women going head to head in their governors’ races—meaning both states are all but guaranteed to elect their first female governor. In Minnesota, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is in the lead; in Tennessee, Sen. Marsha Blackburn is polling ahead.

– Deb Haaland is favored to win the race for governor of New Mexico. The former Biden administration Interior Secretary would be the first Native American woman to lead a U.S. state. If Mary Peltola wins in Alaska—which would help Democrats flip the Senate—she will be the first Native woman to serve in the Senate.

– Then there’s Amy Acton’s race against Vivek Ramaswamy for governor in Ohio. It got ugly after Ramaswamy put Acton’s estranged mother in an attack ad; Acton was removed from her mother’s custody at 12 after she was sexually abused by her stepfather. In the most recent polls, Acton was in the lead.

– Georgia’s gubernatorial race is neck and neck. Keisha Lance Bottoms is the Democratic candidate. And the U.S. has still never had a Black woman governor.

– Abortion is on the ballot in multiple states. Idaho voters have the chance to overturn a strict abortion ban. Missouri voters could choose to overturn abortion protections they approved in 2024. Virginia is asking voters whether they want to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. And Nevada voters need to weigh in on abortion rights again (the state requires amendments to its constitution to be approved twice).

– Then there’s California’s billionaire tax. Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires in the state (estimated to apply to 255 people and raise about $100 billion). Some of those people have gone all in on protesting the proposed tax or said they would leave the state. Meta just granted a new class of stock to CEO Mark Zuckerberg that would help him pay the tax bill. Opponents of the tax outspent its supporters 250-1 in political advertising; as of today, it’s not expected to pass.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com

The Most Powerful Women Daily newsletter is Fortune’s daily briefing for and about the women leading the business world.

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