The Minneapolis mayor race has proceeded to a second round of vote tabulation in ranked-choice voting. While Mayor Jacob Frey took the lead with 41.8% of the vote (with 98% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press), he did not cross the threshold of 50% plus one vote, meaning the race moves to the second round of tabulation. State Senator Omar Fateh, the challenger most likely to unseat Frey, received 31.7% of the vote, while Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis received 13.7%. All other candidates received only 12.8%. In ranked-choice voting, voters select candidates for their first, second, and third choices. If, as happened here, no one candidate clears the threshold to win outright when the first choices have been tabulated, election officials determine which candidates cannot mathematically win. Voters who selected a losing candidate as their first choice will have their second choice counted, and the process continues until one candidate clears the threshold. Mayor Frey, a Reform Jew who is running for his third term, ran as a more pro-police candidate, insisting that Minneapolis needs more police even while he celebrated his program to build out non-police “violence interruptors” in the city. Fateh, a Somali Muslim and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, previously supported a measure to replace the city’s police force, but has since said he would rather supplement officers with non-police responders. While Minnesota’s version of the Democratic Party—the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party—shares near parity with the Republican Party statewide, the DFL and Democratic Socialists of America dominate most Minneapolis politics. A DFL convention endorsed Fateh, but the party later rescinded the endorsement. Shane Mekeland, a Republican in the Minnesota House of Representatives, told The Daily Signal that Fateh is “dangerous.” He recalled a situation where Fateh refused to show up for a house vote, tying up the chamber for 13 hours, until legislators agreed to include his bill in an omnibus spending bill. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., vetoed the bill when it passed independently, but he could not line-item veto an omnibus spending bill. Mekeland noted that Walz recently campaigned with Frey. “There is no love lost between those two,” the Republican said, referring to Fateh and Walz. Mekeland also suggested Fateh’s support from the Somali community in Minneapolis may win him the governor’s mansion. He cited a Project Veritas video from 2020 in which a Somali man alleged widespread fraud in Minnesota, aiming at supporting Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. Omar emphatically rejected the claims, saying they were not true. Researchers at Stanford University and the University of Washington claimed in an interview with The New York Times that the video was part of a disinformation effort. The original Project Veritas source later backtracked. The Daily Signal has reached out to the Minneapolis Police Department, which reportedly opened an investigation. “There’s a lot riding on this” election, Mekeland told The Daily Signal. “Minneapolis will be gone. It will be over.” Full election results are expected later this week. The post BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Race Goes to Second Tabulation appeared first on The Daily Signal.

California voters have approved a ballot measure that will change the dynamics of the 2026 midterm elections, according to The Associated Press. The ballot measure, known as Proposition 50, had 73% of voters in favor and 26% of voters opposed at the time The Associated Press called the race. Proposition 50 was pushed by Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a top prospect for Democrats in the 2028 presidential election, and permits the Democrat-majority California Legislature to redraw the Golden State’s congressional districts. Newsom and national Democrats suggest that redrawing California’s congressional districts could help Democrats pick up new seats in the 2026 midterms and thwart President Donald Trump’s agenda for the latter half of his second term. “Republicans got trapped in an ambush with $130 million media blast, paid for by George Soros and allies, raised in 10 weeks, propelled by a large number of angry progressive voters suffering advanced symptoms of [Trump Derangement Syndrome]—to impeach Trump,” Republican National Committeeman from California Shawn Steel told The Daily Signal. Democrats claim that Proposition 50 is a proportionate response to redistricting efforts in red states like Texas, which would likely increase Republican representation in the 2026 midterms.  In many of these red states, however, the state government had retained control over redistricting, whereas California previously changed its constitution to give that authority to an independent commission. In 2010, Proposition 20 altered the state’s constitution to give an independent redistricting commission the authority to draw congressional districts to prevent gerrymandering in the Golden State. Two years prior, California voters had given authority to the commission to draw state legislative districts. Even under the commission system, however, Republicans, such as Vice President JD Vance, have often pointed out that while Democrats received just under 60% of votes statewide in the 2024 presidential election, the state’s congressional representation is over 80% Democrat. While Republicans on the state and national level have not been satisfied with the commission’s results, they have opposed Newsom’s efforts to get rid of the safeguards that remain.  California Republicans, such as vocal Trump opponent former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, campaigned against Proposition 50 because experts predict that five Republican seats will flip Democrat once the commission is done with its work. Considering the midterm implications, money has poured into the race. The pro-Proposition 50 side has spent more than $105 million, while the measure’s opponents have spent less than $50 million. Billionaire George Soros has been one of the biggest boosters of the effort. “Apparently, in another sign of how effective millions of dollars in propaganda can be in fooling people, much of it paid for by Soros-funded organizations, California voters were convinced to reverse what they had previously approved overwhelmingly—trying to reduce partisan gerrymandering in the state,” Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal. Republicans have also condemned Newsom for seeking to deprive Republicans of seats in a shifting national context. While states like Texas have shifted to the right in election cycles since the 2020 census, Democrats’ margin of victory in California has narrowed from nearly 30 points in 2020 to about 20 points in 2024. The post California Voters Approve of Newsom’s War Against Trump for 2026 Midterm Control appeared first on The Daily Signal.

LEESBURG, Virginia—The mood at Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign watch party remained largely consistent all night long, even after major news outlets announced her defeat.   “We’re incredibly proud of our candidate and the work that this team has done,” Peyton Vogel, press secretary for Earle-Sears’ campaign told The Daily Signal shortly before polls closed at 7 p.m. in Virginia. Only about an hour later, The Associated Press called the election, declaring Democrat candidate Abigail Spanberger the winner.   A handful of boos could be heard as Fox News announced Spanberger was projected to win the race, but the crowd of Earle-Sears’ supporters did not appear shaken by the news and continued chatting and laughing.   Headed into Election Day, polling showed Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor of Virginia, lagging behind Spanberger by at least 4%, according to The New York Times. Spanberger previously served as a member of Congress from 2019 through 2024.   With votes still being counted Tuesday night, but with Democrats in a clear lead, John Whitbeck, former chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, said he hoped Democrats will “take a lot of the good things [Gov. Glenn Youngkin] did and carry it forward.”   “I think one of the things that I saw from [Spanberger] was running away a lot from the far-left policies of the Democrat Party,” Whitbeck said, but he added that he was troubled by the fact that Spanberger did not condemn Virginia Democrat Attorney General-elect Jay Jones for comments he made inciting political violence. Jones also won his race against incumbent Republican Jason Miyares despite leaked text messages in which Jones said he would like to kill a political opponent and his young children.   Four years of Spanberger leadership in Virginia is “going to mean higher prices, higher taxes, [and] we’re probably not going to get rid of the car tax here in Virginia,” Darius Mayfield told The Daily Signal.   “It’s time for our politicians, elected officials, to start focusing on things that we actually agree on,” said Mayfield, who is running for Congress. “There’s a lot of those things, a lot of things that both sides, independents, Republicans and Democrats, agree on.”   The mood never soured as the night carried on, and the crowd of about 200 supporters sipped on wine or coffee and enjoyed light refreshments.   At 9:25 p.m., just about 2-1/2 hours after the polls closed in Virginia, Earle-Sears took the stage to deliver her concession speech.   “We answered the call and gave it all we had,” Earle-Sears said. “We have no regrets. No matter what comes next, big or small, we still pray, ‘Here I am, Lord, send me.’”   Earle-Sears said she called Spanberger, but Spanberger did not answer, so Earle-Sears left her a voice message.   “I asked her to please consider all of us Virginians, that she will represent all of us, not just some of us,” Earle-Sears said. “And I wished her success. If she is successful, Virginia will be successful.”   “I asked her to support policies that will unite us, that will not divide us, that will strengthen our families and keep us safe, and that if I can ever be of help doing that, I’m here. I’m ready to volunteer. After all, apparently, I have nothing else to do,” Earle-Sears said with a laugh.   As of 11 p.m. Tuesday night, with 95% of the votes counted, election results showed Spanberger having won 57.1% of the vote and Earle-Sears having garnered 42.7%, according to The Associated Press.   In the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump drew 46.6% of the vote in Virginia, compared with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, who won the state with 51.8% of the vote.   Looking forward to the midterm elections in 2026, Katie Gorka, executive director of America 250 Civics Education Coalition at the America First Policy Institute, said she does not consider Virginia’s gubernatorial election a bellwether.   “Virginia is unique because it has the highest population of government workers, so was particularly impacted by DOGE cuts and the [federal government] shutdown,” Gorka said.   “Also, Spanberger raised twice what [Earle-Sears] raised and Democrat candidates in many other states won’t be able to achieve that fundraising advantage,” Gorka added.   Earle-Sears supporter and actress Olivia Maxwell predicts four years of Spanberger leadership in Virginia will galvanize “logical” people to get more involved in politics.   “The logical, reasonable, empathic kind people of the world are going to become more involved in what’s right and wrong and get more involved in the political movement,” Maxwell said.   Earle-Sears used the final moments of her concession speech to encourage her supporter to “pray for Abigail” and “pray for our government.”   “We must pray for our state, and we must pray for our country,” Earle-Sears said. “God has used us for His purposes.”   The post Mood at Earle-Sears’ Watch Party Was Upbeat as Possible in Spite of Loss appeared first on The Daily Signal.

There’s no sugar-coating it: Sanity had a bad night Tuesday. Democrats, energized by having President Donald Trump to rail against, turned out at the polls and brought some radical candidates across the finish line in key races across the country. Just a brief recap: Muslim Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayor’s race. Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race. Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey governor’s race. Even Jay Jones, the Democrat who infamously fantasized about the deaths of Republicans’ children, prevailed in the Virginia attorney general’s race. This doesn’t necessarily bode ill for Republicans in the midterms next year, but it does disappoint those of us who expected better from our fellow Americans. Here’s my list of winners and losers from the night. Winner: Shutting Down the Government Democrats stoked anger by shutting down the government. Sure, technically they just refused to vote for a “clean continuing resolution,” i.e. a spending bill that would have funded the government at Biden levels, but they’re truly the ones responsible for the current impasse. Even the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest government employee union, had urged Democrats to vote to fund the government, but the tactic seems to have worked. Anger over the shutdown seems to have helped Democrats encourage more of their voters to go to the polls. Especially in Northern Virginia, home to many of the disgruntled federal employees who either have to work with no pay or have been anxiously awaiting news of when they can go back to work, the government shutdown may have driven animosity to Trump and support for Spanberger. While the shutdown strategy may have helped Democrats, Senate Democrats may unwittingly reveal that this was an election strategy all along, by finally starting to work with Republicans in the coming days. Winner: Karl Marx Imagine an outright socialist who wants a government takeover of grocery stores winning an election to govern the heart of American capitalism. That’s what we saw Tuesday night. Zohran Mamdani achieved something most Bolsheviks thought impossible, and it bodes ill for the Big Apple going forward. Winner: Political Violence It’s hard to capture just how disgusting Jay Jones’ texts supporting political violence truly were. Jones did not deny reports that he sent messages fantasizing about shooting Todd Gilbert, the Republican former speaker of the House of Delegates. He said he would rather shoot Gilbert twice than kill Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. He later said he wished Gilbert’s young children would die in their mother’s arms, after warning that Gilbert and his wife were “breeding little fascists.” He sent these messages to a Republican and, when she asked him to stop, he sought to justify these violent thoughts with one sentence: “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.” This isn’t just a youthful indiscretion: Jones sent these texts in 2022. If anything should disqualify a candidate for political office, it would be text messages like this. Yet not only did Jones remain in the race, but he also eked out a win. This sends a message to any other Democrats who might have fantasized about dead children: Democrat voters won’t consider such things disqualifying. ?SHOCKINGAbigail Spanberger refuses to say whether she still supports Jay Jones despite his political violence texts.Deanna Allbrittin asks repeatedly, but Spanberger does not respond.? pic.twitter.com/gVkeBXjrj2— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) October 9, 2025 Winner: Pushing Trans in Schools Both Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat who won the New Jersey governor’s race, and Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat who won the governor’s mansion in Virginia, have records supporting the Equality Act, a bill that would force transgender ideology on the country. While Spanberger hemmed and hawed on the issue—suggesting she supports local control, not a top-down approach—Sherrill unequivocally stated that she opposes a parental opt-out for transgender lessons in schools. “I believe that parents have the right to oversee their children’s education,” Sherrill said in a debate. “I would push an LGBTQ education into our schools. Parents have a right to opt out of a lot of things, but this is not an area where they should be opting out, because this is an area of understanding the background of people throughout our nation.” Parents who don’t think that boys become girls just by saying so—and who want to protect their girls from the indignity and danger of boys in girls’ bathrooms and boys competing in girls’ sports—should beware that New Jersey and Virginia are likely to undermine their daughters’ safety and privacy. ?SPANBERGER DODGESTom Schaad directly asks Abigail Spanberger if she would reverse Glenn Youngkin's policy keeping boys out of girls' restrooms. She refuses to answer, when asked repeatedly.? pic.twitter.com/rAPzGa4hYO— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) October 9, 2025 Loser: Survivors of 9/11 When New Yorkers put their lives back together after the World Trade Center’s destruction on Sept. 11, 2001, they could not have predicted that their beloved city would elect not only a Muslim, but a Muslim who condemns Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocidal war” and who declines to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada.” Islam is not incompatible with American freedom—reformers like M. Zuhdi Jasser demonstrate true Muslim patriotism—but Islamism is a threat, and if anyone should know that, it should be New Yorkers. Mamdani may not be seeking to establish a Caliphate, but his unhealthy obsession with Israel raises significant questions. Loser: Glenn Youngkin Virginia’s current governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, has achieved a great deal in terms of promoting economic growth, unleashing American energy, and lowering taxes. Even so, his legacy will struggle under a Spanberger governorship. He may not have deserved a rebuke at the ballot box, but it is likely his Democrat successor will reverse a great deal of his policies. Loser: New York City Homeowners Even before reports of Zohran Mamdani’s success Tuesday, homeowners in New York City had been relocating to Connecticut. The uncertainty is likely to worsen as residents of the Big Apple realize just what a Mamdani mayorship means. Loser: Charlie Kirk When Charlie Kirk became a free speech martyr in September, I hoped that moment would mark a turning point on political violence, leading all Americans to oppose the demonization of political opponents that encourages hatred against the other side. Yet not two months after Kirk’s assassination, voters in Virginia—the birthplace of presidents—elected a man whose politically violent texts shocked the nation. Apparently, those text messages did not shock Virginians enough to reconsider his candidacy. Words fail me in seeking to describe just how tremendous a shame that is. The post 2025 Election Day Winners and Losers appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The controversial Democrat who was caught wishing death on a Republican and his children has astoundingly won the election to be Virginia's attorney general. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares was unable to defeat former Virginia Del. Jay Jones despite a damaging scandal involving death-threat texts. 'Are we going to pass the test of decency?'The contest was called for Jones at about 9:50 p.m. local time by Fox News, only a few hours after the polls closed in Virginia at 7 p.m. local time. The campaign was the most expensive in U.S. history for a state attorney general's race. Republicans spent $21.9 million and Democrats spent $14.9 million on the race, according to AdImpact. CNN exit polls showed Miyares winning men by 18 points, 40-58, but Jones winning women by 12, 55-43.The contest was roiled by the texts from Jones, which were obtained and released by National Review. The messages were sent in August 2022 about then-Virginia Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert (R). Republicans demanded that Democrats withdraw their endorsements for Jones, but many resisted and Jones remained in the race."Three people, two bullets," read the text from Jones. "Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot."He added, "Gilbert gets two bullets to the head... Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time."He reportedly went on to wish harm on the Republican's children as well.Jones did not deny writing the texts in an initial statement responding to the report."Like all people, I've sent text messages that I regret, and I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics," Jones wrote in statement to WTVR-TV."Let's be clear about what is happening in the attorney general race right now," he continued. "Jason Miyares is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign. This is a strategy that ensures Jason Miyares will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia. This race is about whether Trump can control Virginia or Virginians control Virginia."He later apologized and took responsibility for the texts.RELATED: Democrat Jay Jones tries to pivot debate away from vile texts wishing death on a rival's kids — but Virginia AG won't let him A Fox News exit poll found that 46% of Virginia voters said the texts were disqualifying. Others said they were concerning but not disqualifying or that they hadn't heard enough about the texts. Miyares is 49 years old and was the first Hispanic American elected to statewide office in Virginia.He called on Jones to step down from the campaign during their fiery debate, but the Democrat refused."Are we going to pass the test of decency?" Miyares asked the voters in his final statement. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Public DomainLegendary actress Jane Wyman married Ronald Reagan in 1940, and the pair divorced in 1949. Throughout her long life, Jane Wyman played many roles — literally. A respected Hollywood actress during the Golden Age and beyond, she was highly praised for her Oscar-winning role as a deaf rape victim in the 1948 movie Johnny Belinda. Of course, over several decades, Wyman depicted countless other pivotal characters as well. Off screen, Wyman proved to be just as captivating. For as much as she is remembered for her career in film and television, Wyman also had the dubious honor of being the first ex-wife of a United States president. She had married Ronald Reagan in 1940, back when he was an actor. Wyman eventually filed for divorce in 1948, and it was officially granted in 1949. Decades later, when Reagan was inaugurated to the U.S. presidency in 1981, he became the first divorcé to hold the nation’s highest office. Though many reporters tried to get Wyman’s perspective on Reagan, she refused to speak about him because she thought it was in “bad taste to talk about ex-husbands and ex-wives.” Some have speculated that her respectful silence about Reagan may have helped pave his path to the presidency. Still, Jane Wyman’s legacy amounts to far more than being Ronald Reagan’s first wife. And even though the Hollywood icon had largely retired from the spotlight by the time Reagan was elected, she ended up making a stunning comeback as an actress while her ex-husband was in office. Inside Jane Wyman’s Early Life And Career It was long reported that Jane Wyman was born in 1914, but official records show she was born on Jan. 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri. It’s likely that she used the wrong birthday so she’d be able to work while she was a minor. Her birth name was Sarah Jane Mayfield, and her birth parents were Manning Jefferies Mayfield and Gladys Hope Christian. Sarah Jane’s parents split up when she was just a child, and her father died of pneumonia a year later. She was then placed in the care of a couple named Richard and Emma Fulks, and the young Sarah Jane soon unofficially took their last name. Although the young girl admitted that she didn’t care for school, she seemed to have a special place in her heart for dance classes. Her “adoptive” mother took notice of this, and went with the eight-year-old to Hollywood to see if she could make it in show business. Unfortunately, it seemed that Sarah Jane Fulks was not quite ready to have her name in bright lights. She recalled, “I was raised with such strict discipline that it was years before I could reason myself out of the bitterness I brought from my childhood.” Public DomainJane Wyman, pictured on the beach at the age of 18. As Sarah Jane got older, she seemed ready to put her Hollywood dreams aside. But everything changed when her dancing instructor in Missouri, the father of famed film choreographer Leroy Prinz, helped her get a foot in the door. This led to her true introduction to Hollywood, as a chorus girl. When she arrived in Los Angeles for another shot at fame, Sarah Jane dyed her light brown hair platinum blonde, hoping that by emulating Jean Harlow’s “bombshell” look, she could also emulate her success. Her first job as a dancer was in Busby Berkeley’s movie The Kid From Spain (1932). For the next four years, she appeared in various other choruses, in films like College Rhythm (1934) and King of Burlesque (1935). In 1936, she finally earned a contract at Warner Bros., thanks to the recommendation of agent and actor William Demarest. According to Dutch, Edmund Morris’ biography of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Jane had already been married and divorced once by the time she got her contract. She wed Ernest Eugene Wyman in 1933 when she was just 16 — claiming to be three years older — and left him two years later. She decided to keep Wyman as her last name as her career took off. She also dropped the name Sarah, using Jane as her first name instead. Inside Jane Wyman’s Slow Rise To Fame Now going by Jane Wyman, she played a series of bit parts in Warner Bros. films, eventually working her way up to B-movies. Even in these early stages, though, many could tell there was more to Wyman than met the eye. One of her lines in Stage Struck, for example, stood out as especially memorable when Wyman delivered it: “My name is Bessie Fufnick. I swim, dive, imitate wild birds, and play the trombone.” Dick Powell, who starred in the film and asked Wyman’s character what her name was, said he noticed early on that there was something special about her. “Janie had something you couldn’t learn — presence,” he said. In 1937, Wyman married Myron Futterman, a dress manufacturer who was 15 years older than her. She also earned her first leading role in the B-movie Public Wedding. Just a year later, she divorced Futterman — the same year she met Ronald Reagan, whom she starred alongside in Brother Rat (1938). Warner Bros.Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman in Brother Rat. The director of Brother Rat, William Keighley, quickly picked up on Wyman’s incredible talent while on set. He later remarked, “I was surprised big things didn’t happen for the Wyman girl a lot faster than they did.” The turning point for her career finally came in 1945 with The Lost Weekend, in which Wyman played the girlfriend of an alcoholic. The film, directed by Billy Wilder, was a stark departure from some of the escapist entertainment that had dominated wartime cinema. Wyman’s performance also revealed a dramatic depth that had been largely untapped in her earlier work. Her career momentum continued in 1946 with The Yearling. Her performance earned Wyman her first Academy Award nomination. But the peak of her career was yet to come. Becoming Ronald Reagan’s First Wife Public DomainJane Wyman and Ronald Reagan in the early 1940s. Throughout the late 1930s and 1940s, as her fame began to rise, Jane Wyman was also entwined with future U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Freshly divorced from Myron Futterman — in part because he was reluctant to have a child with her — Wyman was involved with Reagan by the time they were filming Brother Rat and a Baby, the sequel to their previous movie. Wyman once said, “When I first met Ronnie, I was a nightclub girl. I just had to go dancing and dining every night to be happy.” However, when Wyman became Ronald Reagan’s first wife in 1940, she picked up some of his interests, especially in the athletic realm. The two also became one of Hollywood’s most popular young couples, with fans eager to learn about their relationship. Of course, they also appeared in other movies together, as Warner Bros. was eager to capitalize on the publicity. While Reagan’s acting career seemed to be moving ahead of hers, Wyman became determined to play a different kind of role: a mother. Public DomainJane Wyman with her daughter Maureen Reagan. “I think Jane started talking about a baby a day after we were married,” Reagan later said. “I wanted one, too, but I used all my male logic to persuade her that every young couple ought to wait a year. She agreed I was right as usual and she was wrong. So we had a baby.” Their daughter Maureen was born on Jan. 4, 1941, but before long, their lives were on a different trajectory than they imagined. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor disrupted countless lives, including Reagan and Wyman’s. Reagan, who already had some military service under his belt, was ordered to active duty in April 1942, but his poor eyesight meant that he was assigned to limited service during World War II, and he wouldn’t serve overseas. He was stationed in Culver City as a personnel officer who also acted in training films. Meanwhile, Wyman sang at various military camps. Though both were focused on their respective careers and providing for their daughter, Reagan also became increasingly interested in politics. The Couple’s Problems And Eventual Divorce In 1945, Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan adopted their son Michael, as Reagan continued to pursue better roles and involve himself in Hollywood politics. It was 1947, however, that really marked a turning point for the couple. That year, Reagan became the leader of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the couple also suffered a personal tragedy when their second daughter Christine was born prematurely and died just a day later. Wyman reportedly complained to friends that all Reagan wanted to do when he returned home in the evenings was discuss world affairs, communist infiltration in Hollywood, and the politics of the entertainment industry. At the same time, Wyman was finally breaking out of B-movies and supporting roles, and a rift was now forming between the couple. Public DomainJane Wyman with director Douglas Sirk. Despite his position as SAG president, Reagan was sometimes overshadowed by his wife’s rising stardom, and her commitment to more serious leading roles saw her more immersed in her work than ever before. After Wyman won an Oscar for portraying a deaf rape victim in the 1948 movie Johnny Belinda, it was clear that she and Reagan were now on different trajectories. Wyman was on the movie star path, while Reagan seemed destined to become a politician — outside of Hollywood. Wyman filed for divorce in 1948, and it was officially granted in 1949. During the divorce proceedings, she said that she did not share Reagan’s strong interest in politics and she was bored by him talking about it so much. After the couple went their separate ways, Reagan married the future First Lady Nancy Davis in 1952. That same year, Wyman married the band leader Fred Karger, but the pair divorced by 1954. Though Wyman and Karger later married again in 1963, that marriage also ended in divorce. As Reagan’s political rise continued onward, though, Wyman refused to do a tell-all or speak ill of her ex-husband. It was an unusual amount of discretion for Hollywood, but it was likely beneficial for both of their careers, even if Wyman couldn’t fully escape the label of being Ronald Reagan’s first wife. “I used to be interviewed a lot,” she told Vanity Fair in 1989. “But the last time I was, I had what seemed to be a very nice interview with the reporter, and then the piece came out. The first line was something like ‘This is the president’s ex-wife.’ That’s when the guillotine fell. I don’t have to be known as that. I’ve been in this business longer than he has. It’s such bad taste.” Eventually, Wyman became so fed up with being defined as Ronald Reagan’s first wife and pestered about her past with him that she made a point to get up and leave an interview if a reporter mentioned his name at all. Jane Wyman’s Continued Hollywood Success And Television Career Turner Classic MoviesJane Wyman in Johnny Belinda. As the film industry changed in the 1950s, Jane Wyman adapted with ease. She was among the first major film stars to embrace television, launching Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre in 1955. The anthology series allowed her to showcase her range as both an actress and producer. It ran for three years, making Jane Wyman one of the earliest Hollywood actors to prove that television was just as viable as film. She didn’t stop taking film roles, though. While some of the movies she appeared in, such as Magnificent Obsession in 1954 and All That Heaven Allows in 1955, were initially dismissed by critics, these films were later recognized as rather sophisticated examinations of American society and the role of women in it. Los Angeles Public LibraryJane Wyman presenting an Oscar to Walt Disney. By the time her ex-husband was elected president, she had largely retired as an actress. She was reportedly encouraged by her inner circle to make a return to acting so she wouldn’t only get attention for being Ronald Reagan’s first wife. So she took on the role of Angela Channing in the prime time soap opera Falcon Crest in 1981, paving the way for an incredible comeback. The show proved to be a massive success, running for nine seasons and introducing Wyman to an entirely new audience of viewers. Her impressive performance ultimately earned her a Golden Globe Award in 1984 (making that the fourth time she won a Golden Globe). She also reportedly earned 10 times the salary that Reagan was making as president. Not long after the show came to an end, though, Wyman made a final appearance on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman before retiring from acting entirely in 1993. Her retirement was a quiet one, in which she focused on taking care of her ailing health, painting, and donating to charities. Wyman broke her silence about Reagan only after he died in 2004, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She issued just a brief statement: “America has lost a great president and a great, kind and gentle man.” On Sept. 10, 2007, at the age of 90, Jane Wyman herself died at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, leaving behind a long and storied legacy as one of Hollywood’s most genuine and legendary talents. After reading about the life of Jane Wyman, Golden Age Hollywood star and Ronald Reagan’s first wife, take a look back at some vintage celebrity couples that time almost forgot. Then, go inside some old Hollywood scandals that reveal Tinseltown’s uglier side. The post The Life Of Jane Wyman, From Her Success In Old Hollywood To Her Relationship With Ronald Reagan appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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