Progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman has leaped ahead of the 16-term incumbent with a week to go until Election Day.
Election 2020
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Good News and Bad News for Election Day
Biden keeps widening his lead over Trump. But the efforts to frustrate a fair election keep proliferating. The remedy: a blowout, theft-proof win.
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The Tea Party’s Last Stand
The legions that swept over the Republican Party in 2010 aren’t ascendant today—and they’ve scared a lot of other Republicans away.
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Chuck Schumer’s Very Bad Week
Corporate Democrats for Senate limp to the finish line.
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Next Generation Voters
Getting more young people to vote means getting the hurdles out of the way.
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‘Dark Money’ Groups Back Engel Against Progressive Challenger Bowman
Two nonprofits, recently incorporated in Delaware, have spent $260,000 on ads and mailers backing Rep. Eliot Engel. The groups are not required to reveal their donors.
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Democrats Have a Blue Lives Matter Problem
Why did House Dems back a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ pro-police bill sponsored by leading VP candidate Val Demings in 2018?
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In West Virginia, Stephen Smith Falls Short, but His Movement Stays Strong
At least 32 members of the anti-corruption West Virginia Can’t Wait slate advance to the general election.
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Could a Homophobic Conservative Democrat Win Next Door to AOC?
In the country’s most left-wing district, Democrats have a problem.
