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The race in Pennsylvania's 7th district pits the more conservative Morganelli against a slate of more liberal candidates, illustrating the intra-party ideological fights playing out nationwide among Democrats. Heading into Tuesday's primary ...

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Democratic House candidate in Pennsylvania deletes tweets blasting progressives, praising Trump
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Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli is running to replace retiring Republican Rep. Charlie Dent in what is now Pennsylvania's 7th District. Morganelli, who is a centrist Democrat running in a ... The race in Pennsylvania's 7th district ...

CNN
Democratic House candidate in Pennsylvania deletes tweets blasting progressives, praising Trump
CNN
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli is running to replace retiring Republican Rep. Charlie Dent in what is now Pennsylvania's 7th District. Morganelli, who is a centrist Democrat running in a ... The race in Pennsylvania's 7th district ...

The Nation.
Why Didn't Pro-Choice Groups Support This Pro-Choice Woman in Nebraska?
The Nation.
He's been a Republican, an independent and a Democrat, with positions supporters would call moderate and judicious and opponents would call inconsistent, mushy, too conservative or just plain confusing. ... Given his record, progressives are outraged ...

HuffPost
A Pennsylvania House Race Embodies The Fight For The Future Of The Democratic Party
HuffPost
On one hand, all the candidates ― even Morganelli ― are clamoring to burnish their progressive bona fides for a Democratic primary electorate that has moved dramatically to the left from where it was as recently as 2016. For example, all three ...

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Roll Call
Former Rep. Brad Ashford Faces Primary in Comeback Bid
Roll Call
On the surface, the Democratic primary in Nebraska's 2nd District had the makings for a bitter intra-party battle, with a moderate former congressman facing a liberal woman who is a political newcomer. But the primary ... She has branded herself as ...

MyAJC
Shifting political ground pushes Georgia candidates away from center
MyAJC
After decades of running more moderate or conservative candidates for the state's top jobs, the party has aggressively taken on progressive issues to try to energize Democrats already frustrated by President Donald Trump. ... is important,” said ...

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New Republic
How Democrats Can Over-Promise Like Trump
New Republic
That gives Republicans (who, as conservatives, resist change) a distinct advantage over Democrats (who, as progressives, advocate change). This is why, historically speaking, Democrats are legislative realists: They're wary of promising more than they ...

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New Republic
The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee
New Republic
Over the last month, progressives have been celebrating the legislation recently introduced by Senator Cory Booker, calling for a pilot job guarantee in 15 cities and regions, co-sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand. ... But ...

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Daily Beast
Dear Conservative Media: Do Some More Damn Reporting
Daily Beast
The sheer density of the liberal world view in mainstream press outlets—of Democrats working in media—has created an atmosphere that far exceeds the mere distrust of the typical partisan. On one side is conservative philosophy, on the other is the ...

Socialist Worker Online
#RedForEd versus the UFT-Cuomo blues
Socialist Worker Online
The WFP is a 20-year-old coalition of unions and nonprofit groups like Make the Road and New York Communities for Change. The party's goal is to use New York's unique electoral system to pull Democrats to the left by cross-endorsing progressive ...

Brookings Institution (blog)
So far this primary season, Dems are united in taking on Republican seats—not each other
Brookings Institution (blog)
Often the misstep is nominating a candidate who is either too liberal or too conservative for the district depending on the party. The following table shows the outcomes of the Democratic congressional primaries in six states so far, based on their ...

Purple districts elect the most extreme legislators, driving polarization
Science Daily
They found that, because of recent demographic changes, so-called "moderate" purple districts often contain distinct geographic clusters of liberal and conservative voters, with no large cohort of centrists. For example, many suburban districts that ...

Politico
'Skank' and racism charges: Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary gets ugly
Politico
“It's all about race,” Wimes said, noting the difference in EMILY's List's involvement in this race compared to its neutrality in the 2014 gubernatorial Democratic primary when longtime abortion-rights liberal, former state Sen. Nan Rich, ran against ...
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Mountain View Voice
Gubernatorial candidates face off in debate
Mountain View Voice
Democratic former state Schools Superintendent Delaine Eastin was fiery and folksy—will that boost her lagging popularity for liberal voters only now tuning in? • Will State Treasurer John Chiang's experiment with more aggressive attacks against the ...

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New York Magazine
Why Liberal Media Need Conservative Columnists
New York Magazine
In practice, not many liberals like to do so these days. When I started in opinion journalism, left-of-center opinion writers were heavily incentivized to criticize the Democratic Party from the right. (Conservative media had, and still have, very ...

Palo Alto Online
Gubernatorial candidates face off in debate
Palo Alto Online
Democratic former state Schools Superintendent Delaine Eastin was fiery and folksy—will that boost her lagging popularity for liberal voters only now tuning in? • Will State Treasurer John Chiang's experiment with more aggressive attacks against the ...

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Purple districts elect the most extreme legislators, driving polarization
Phys.Org
They found that, because of recent demographic changes, so-called "moderate" purple districts often contain distinct geographic clusters of liberal and conservative voters, with no large cohort of centrists. For example, many suburban districts that ...

E&E News
Fight escalates over Review Act
E&E News
After a precedent-setting vote in the Senate, conservative and liberal groups are escalating their fight over the Congressional Review Act. The Senate last month passed a joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection ...

College Media Network (blog)
Democrats' Approval Slipping Among Younger Voters
College Media Network (blog)
... conservative Supreme Court–the two party system of both Republicans and Democrats have maintained power and influence over the country. This leaves nearly all non-partisan independents and third party candidates almost completely out of the system ...

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