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POLITICS 05/11/2018 02:50 pm ET “This is a race that people around the country should probably be watching closely,” one strategist said. By Daniel Marans FOGELSVILLE, Pa. ― Some 60 suburbanites, mostly women, gathered in a swim and tennis club outside Allentown on Sunday to hear from six Democratic candidates vying for an open Lehigh Valley congressional seat. When it came time for the hopefuls to stake out their highest priority, two of the top candidates ― former Allentown city solicitor Susan Wild and Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli ― agreed that it was strengthening gun safety regulations. “If we don’t do it with these high school students, with these millennials who are speaking out, then I fear that we will never do it, and it absolutely has to happen,” said Wild, a mainstream liberal. Morganelli, a self-described moderate who complained in 2008 when the NRA gave him an “F” rating, … [Read more...] about A Pennsylvania House Race Embodies The Fight For The Future Of The Democratic Party

POLITICS 05/22/2018 11:12 am ET The contest between Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans is a battle of divergent political strategies. By Daniel Marans Should Democrats nominate a candidate based on their record of standing up for progressive values, or their vision for the future? And should the party court white moderates to implement that vision, or expand the electorate by exciting millennials and voters of color who don’t regularly show up to the polls? Those are the questions at the heart of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for governor of Georgia. Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader and the odds-on favorite in the race, is running on a solidly progressive platform and the premise that Democrats do not need to cater to the largely white “swing” voters who have abandoned the party in droves. Stacey Evans, a former colleague of Abrams’ in the House, is running on ever-so-slightly more moderate policies aimed at … [Read more...] about Georgia Governor’s Primary Highlights Competing Visions For The Democratic Party

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader The Fix Analysis Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events by Eugene Scott May 22 at 7:00 AM Email the author Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in February. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington Post) Anyone paying attention to politics knows that black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party electorate. This was obvious in 2016 when 94 percent of black women voted for Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton and comparable numbers continued to support the party in the local elections that followed. And … [Read more...] about New group of black women fighting for seats at the table in Democratic Party

POLITICS 06/01/2018 05:01 am ET Big money is shaking up a clash between three groups vying for power in the party — veterans, Latinas, and Native Americans. By Kevin Robillard ALBUQUERQUE ― A wave of money from outside groups is transforming a Democratic primary in this historic mile-high city, making a former prosecutor and veteran the front-runner in a three-way battle with a Latina law professor and the potential first Native American woman in Congress. Groups supporting veterans, Latino candidates, women and Native Americans are creating a fracas on the airwaves with nearly $3 million in spending. The big money battle highlights how the party’s outside groups are clashing — not only over which candidates will battle Republicans in swing seats, but also over who will fill safely Democratic seats, where incumbents can play a role in shaping the party for decades to come and form a bench for statewide runs. (Congressional Hispanic … [Read more...] about The Most Interesting Democratic Primary No One Is Talking About Is In New Mexico

POLITICS 06/06/2018 12:19 am ET Updated 32 minutes ago State Sen. Jeff Van Drew’s positions on guns and other social issues rankled activists. By Daniel Marans State Sen. Jeff Van Drew easily won the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, pleasing Democratic officials who backed him and disappointing progressive activists wary of his voting record. Van Drew, who has represented the southernmost tip of New Jersey in the state Legislature for the past 16 years, is no ordinary moderate. The 64-year-old dentist has taken positions on a range of social and economic issues that are far outside the Democratic mainstream. He has voted against basic gun control measures, legalizing same-sex marriage and increasing the state’s minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25. He has also backed legislation withdrawing New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and a state constitutional amendment requiring … [Read more...] about Conservative Democrat Wins Primary In New Jersey House Seat