{"id":664598,"date":"2026-09-07T19:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664598"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:26:37","slug":"midterm-elections-head-into-the-home-stretch-as-candidates-hit-labor-day-events-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664598","title":{"rendered":"Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall &#8211; to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/09\/07\/Election_2_26_Maine_Senate_651_6_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" title=\"Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall &#8211; to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664598\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":664591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=664598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/664591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=664598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=664598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=664598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}