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What Tuesday’s primaries tell us about the future of the Democratic Party
Politico via NSN ^ | May 20, 2026 | Lisa Kashinsky

Posted on 05/20/2026 6:34:13 AM PDT by libstripper

Democrats still searching for a way out of the rubble of the 2024 election got a peek in Tuesday’s primaries of what their voters want for the future.

The races spanned a mix of competitive and safe-blue seats across six states — including a pair of crucial swing states. The result: A slate of disparate candidates who won’t give them a much clearer sense of their future.

State Rep. Chris Rabb, a progressive firebrand and self-styled “rabble-rouser,” won the open primary for the bluest House district in the country in Philadelphia. In a nearby Pennsylvania House battleground, Democrats nominated Bob Brooks, a blue-collar everyman backed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who leads a firefighters union and drives a snowplow on the side. And in Georgia, Democrats threw their support resoundingly behind a well-known quantity in former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, knocking out a deep slate of opponents with a majority of the vote.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2026primaries; 3rddistrict; bobbrooks; chrisrabb; demagogicparty; democrats; dwightevans; georgia; joshshapiro; keishalancebottoms; lisakashinsky; mediawingofthednc; moreofthesame; pennsylvania; philadelphia; politico; pollutico; results

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Every one' a commie; all need to be defeated.
1 posted on 05/20/2026 6:34:13 AM PDT by libstripper
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“ Democrats threw their support resoundingly behind a well-known quantity in former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, knocking out a deep slate of opponents with a majority of the vote”

If you look in the dictionary under “gerrymandering”, they show you a map of Fulton County GA.


2 posted on 05/20/2026 6:41:20 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: libstripper
The future of the democrat party is the same as its past:

Corrupt, dishonest, and socialist.

3 posted on 05/20/2026 6:42:04 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: libstripper

Cheating, robbing and fraud will make them “winners” again


4 posted on 05/20/2026 6:43:09 AM PDT by albie
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To: libstripper

Don’t know much about Keisha Lance Bottoms. Can she be the new Jazzy Crockett?


5 posted on 05/20/2026 6:46:22 AM PDT by Kudsman (Thune loves bully Democratic Socialists. )
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“Don’t know much about Keisha Lance Bottoms. Can she be the new Jazzy Crockett?”

Former mayor of Atlanta and an absolute failure. Crime increased under her tenure.


6 posted on 05/20/2026 7:08:03 AM PDT by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

7 posted on 05/20/2026 7:11:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Sicon

All of that, plus far more evil.


8 posted on 05/20/2026 7:14:27 AM PDT by jpl ("You are fake news.")
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>>>>“Don’t know much about Keisha Lance Bottoms. Can she be the new Jazzy Crockett?”

>>Former mayor of Atlanta and an absolute failure. Crime increased under her tenure.

Plus, refused to work with ICE in any capacity, any criminal with an ICE detainer was immediately released. she forced the mask mandates even after Kemp opened the state. And caused all the ATL police to go on strike when she ordered the prosecution of a cop just for doing his job.

There almost needs to be a descriptor beyond “absolute failure” to describe her.


9 posted on 05/20/2026 7:20:39 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: libstripper

I thought the bluest House district was the one representing DC.


10 posted on 05/20/2026 7:21:28 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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“Every one’ a commie; all need to be defeated.”

They wear whatever mask they think will get them elected, then they all follow the communist orders.


11 posted on 05/20/2026 7:28:22 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: bk1000

Gerrymandering had nothing to do with the Atlanta mayoral primary. The City of Atlanta is the shape is it, and it’s not particularly misshapen.

Keisha is a complete loser, however, who cannot be allowed to win the governor’s seat. She watched the city burn during the 2020 Summer of Love and was almost completely ineffective. The campaign ads should write themselves.


12 posted on 05/20/2026 7:33:26 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: libstripper

https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/dont-write-off-the-gop-just-yet


13 posted on 05/20/2026 7:34:58 AM PDT by Hoboto (I blame Hippies.)
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“Keisha Lance Bottoms” is an unfortunate name.


14 posted on 05/20/2026 7:35:12 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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“Keisha Lance Bottoms” is an unfortunate name.


15 posted on 05/20/2026 7:37:28 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Every one' a commie; all need to be defeated.

If it weren’t for the Nineteenth Amendment, we wouldn’t have progressives/communists in office. The females of the species desire a strong authoritarian father figure. They fulfill that desire by voting for Democrats.

(Just a thought)

16 posted on 05/20/2026 7:37:58 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: ChessExpert

Not if you have a boil...


17 posted on 05/20/2026 7:40:05 AM PDT by null and void (Trump isn't a pussycat, but he does have nine lives!)
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To: thegagline

I don’t think so. They vote for demorats because they hate men demonstrably stronger than their own fathers. Someone has to protect us from the toxic GOP.


18 posted on 05/20/2026 7:40:30 AM PDT by anton
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To: libstripper

It’s the activists — the truly loony ones — that are running for office on the Democrat side. That point has to be driven home by everyone running against them.


19 posted on 05/20/2026 7:44:17 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: libstripper

Gimmedat not working for them anymore?


20 posted on 05/20/2026 7:53:02 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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