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The Midterms Were a Pretty Good Sign for the Right-to-Repair Movement

Right-to-repair policies weren’t the headline issue in the midterms , but lawmakers across party lines ran on fixing the systems that lock buyers out.

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Right-to-repair policies weren’t the headline issue in the midterms , but lawmakers across party lines ran on fixing the systems that lock buyers out. Iowa senator-elect Josh Turek and presumptive Minnesota state representative Jake Johnson both centered repair policies in their platforms, focusing on issues that affect farmers and their equipment . (As of publication, Johnson’s race has not yet been called and may be headed to a recount .) In St.

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