“Two years after Donald Trump’s campaign hammered then-Vice President Kamala Harris over transgender issues, Democrats running in competitive races are hoping to push aside similar Republican attacks ahead of the midterm elections,” NBC News reports.“In at least five battleground races — campaigns for governor in Ohio, Nevada and Iowa and Senate races in Iowa and Texas — Democratic candidates have declared their opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s and girls sports, a pivot from their party’s long-standing position of inclusion for trans athletes.”