The state party turned down outside help from security experts as it paid longtime political consultants who built their careers working on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton.
Democrats
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Iowa—Now, With Some Numbers
Today on TAP: Initial caucus results reveal the party’s fragmentation
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They Forgot About Bern
The candidate with the most money, most committed supporters, and now the highest early-state poll numbers was dismissed by the Democratic establishment for months. It was a disqualifying mistake.
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When It Makes Sense to Challenge Incumbents in Primaries
Today on TAP: The DCCC shouldn’t have the last word
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The Dance of Impeachment: Who’s Leading?
How the impeachment trial might play out among Republicans and Democrats in the Senate
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Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines
Local Progress, a nationwide network of left-leaning municipal elected officials, is fast becoming the strategic switchboard for America’s increasingly liberal cities.
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The Two (Or More) Primaries
The old ways of thinking about Democratic primaries shed less light this year, because of multiple candidates competing in multiple lanes.
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Democratic Candidates Field Softball Questions on Immigration
The Trump administration has intensified its assault on protections for immigrants and asylum seekers, but you wouldn’t know it from watching Thursday’s debate.
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The Emerging Democratic Support for Teachers Unions
A presidential forum in Pittsburgh last week cemented a unified endorsement of public education—at least in public.
