Despite her campaign raising millions, one intern got a single Starbucks card.
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AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic Primary Process
What will it take for Democratic leadership to cry foul?
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New York’s Democratic Primary Could Decide the Fate of Democrats’ Big Tech Push
If Jerry Nadler loses, the House Judiciary Committee leadership would likely go to Silicon Valley defender Zoe Lofgren.
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Corporate America Is Helping to Elect Anti-Abortion Attorneys General
Abortion access is on the ballot in several states this year, where Democratic AG candidates have pledged not to enforce restrictive abortion laws and Republicans have said the opposite.
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Will Progressives in Swing Districts Get the Cuellar Treatment From Democratic Leadership?
In recent House primaries, Nancy Pelosi saved Henry Cuellar but threw Kurt Schrader to the wolves. Now what?
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Supreme Court Strikes Candidate Loan Repayment Limits
A case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz now means candidates who loan their campaigns more than $250,000 can repay themselves with contributions raised after they are elected.
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Dem Voters Want Dem Pols Who Do Things
The Joe Manchin wing of the party lost big on Tuesday.
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Super PACs Play Loose With the Facts in Promoting Corporate Dems
In races in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, corporate PAC ads have been taken off TV for misinformation.
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Latino Super PAC Comes to Rescue of Anti-Abortion Dem Henry Cuellar
A new super PAC run by Biden, Obama, and Sanders consultants just dropped a quarter million into the race against pro-choice woman Jessica Cisneros.
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The Ohio Model for Purging Progressives
A Democratic establishment victory in a House race last year has emboldened big money to upend this primary cycle.