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A record number of doctors and nurses are running for office. What's driving them?

Abdul El-Sayed, Amy Acton, Xavier Becerra and Kristin Hook are among the candidates with healthcare backgrounds in this year's midterm elections. - Getty Images/Reuters/AP At least 125 doctors, nurses and public health experts are on the ballot for Tuesday’s midterm elections — an unprecedented number from fields that historically offered fewer paths to elected office than boardrooms and courtrooms. Their campaigns emerged in the aftermath of Covid-19, when doctors and health officials were cele