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AUSTIN, Texas—In recent weeks, those inside the Texas Statehouse have heard story after story of pregnant people getting sick at home, afraid to call a doctor or go to the hospital.

But what Illinois has in common with California and New York—to take two other states actively working to shore up struggling urban transit systems—is a Democratic trifecta in the statehouse.

Ahmadian was one of more than a thousand protesters gathered before the William McKinley Monument on the western side of the Ohio Statehouse, many displaying handmade signs to honking cars whizzing along High Street before marching the block from Broad to State.

A credible gubernatorial candidate could help the party by boosting turnout — potentially lifting up candidates for Congress and the statehouse — and laying the groundwork for a successful run at the governor’s mansion sometime in the next decade.

Schwarzenegger’s cigar-smoking tent at the statehouse in Sacramento in 2008 and worked with him on Cameron’s successful 2010 campaign to become prime minister.