Rookies raise the stakes in US elections

A record number of newcomers are challenging the political status quo, but no one can predict what will happen next

Democrat Andrew Janz has his eye on Republican Devin Nunes’s Congress seat in California

A young black mayor is seeking to make history as Florida’s first black governor and its first Democratic governor in a quarter of a century. A Democratic challenger in Georgia, the reddest of states, is aiming for a progressive trifecta by becoming its first black woman governor.

In Texas, a young Democrat has raised record amounts of money in his bid to unseat Texas senator Ted Cruz. And in California, political rookie Andrew ...