In New York, AOC's candidate won the primary. Nationally, progressives are losing.

NBC 'News' ^ | 7/17/20 | David Mark

[Libloather]

**SNIP**

But to believe Bowman’s ouster of Engel is a sign that the Ocasio-Cortez wing of the Democratic Party is taking over would be a severe misreading of the political landscape at the congressional level - and nationally. She attracts an inordinate amount of attention for a first-term lawmaker, keeping up an active and innovative social media presence, and appearing frequently on television. It’s easy to conflate the publicity with political influence.

In fact, the vast majority of Justice Democrats who have run over the past two House cycles have lost, often in humiliating fashion. Since emerging on the national scene in 2018, Justice Democrats have recorded few wins outside of Bowman, Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley. In 2018, Justice Democrats endorsed 65 nonincumbent candidates in House races, mostly in open seats. Only 24 made it through Democratic primaries, and a mere seven of those won congressional seats in the fall.

Compare that to the “majority makers” who were a backbone of House Democrats’ sweeping 2018 victories, including lawmakers from deep-red districts like Reps. Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Joe Cunningham of South Carolina.

The story is similar in 2020. A much-hyped primary challenge in Texas to Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar came up short. So did one to Joyce Beatty in Ohio, in that case by a whopping 68 percent to 32 percent margin. Several more Justice Democrats’ challenges to incumbents later this summer don’t look particularly promising.

In fact, on the same day that voters went to the polls for Bowman, a highly touted liberal challenger in the Kentucky Democratic Senate primary, state Rep. Charles Booker, lost to a Senate Democratic candidate hand-picked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Amy McGrath, a former Marine pilot, is the definition of a moderate Democrat...

[Libloather]

Gonna need more Biden rallies.

[Ted Grant]

Democrat Inc is losing ground to the Frankenstein monsters they created to help them get power. Now the monster is becoming the master.

Articles like this get written as a type of psychological bloodletting.

[Mount Athos]

i’m not sure this is correct.

The author makes no concession for the advantage of the incumbant. If you do consider it, then maybe they aren’t losing.

[pas]

So this means the rest are centrist. /s

[Lowell1775]

OHIO PING

Columbus Dem voters reject home grown Commie AOC clone Morgan Harper. Black congresscritter, Joyce Beatty defeated Morgan Harper in Ohio’s 3rd congressional district by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin.

Two links...Harper’s website for background....
https://www.morganharper.org/

Second, FR story......
In New York, AOC’s candidate won the primary. Nationally, progressives are losing.
7/18/2020, 6:00:37 AM · by Libloather · 3 replies
NBC ‘News’ ^ | 7/17/20 | David Mark

[griswold3]

Surprises me that Sandy has only been around for two years. We’ve heard her type since forever