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FILE – Greg Totten, a representative of Californians for Safer Communities, speaks at a press conference about a ballot initiative to bring back penalties for shoplifting and drug offenses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. The tough-on-crime initiative could play a key role in a handful of contested U.S. House races that would help determine control of Congress. (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen, File)A ballot measure to once again make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders is developing into a contest over whether the state’s Democrats are tough enough on crime to hang on to their seats in Congress.
Originally published at Associated Press