In the primary election and run-off in Texas for a seat in the U.S. Senate, the top two Republican candidates have six children and two long marriages between them, though one of the marriages failed. In the Democratic Party primary, the single and childless 36-year-old state legislator James Talarico faced the 44-year-old Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who avoids discussing her personal life but doesn’t appear to be married or to have children. Texans could register to vote in the childless party or the parent party.

That divide isn’t inevitable, and a crowd of Democratic gubernatorial candidates in California is made up mostly of parents. …

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