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Sun Sep 5, 2021, 06:48 PM Sep 2021

Suddenly Democrats Are Waging Senate Primaries

Suddenly Democrats Are Waging Senate Primaries

September 5, 2021 at 4:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/05/suddenly-democrats-are-waging-senate-primaries/

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NBC News: “Republicans are no strangers to raucous primaries… But it’s a new approach for Democrats, who have prided themselves on coalescing behind one candidate early — even when it rankles activists and disfavored candidates — and have often called attention to the chaos on the GOP side…”

“Washington power brokers have had a harder time throwing their weight around, since candidates can now build their own fundraising and support networks online. And, this year, a number of well-qualified Democrats jumped into Senate races especially early — including some who did so in order to try to get ahead of their party’s bigfoots.”

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Suddenly Democrats Are Waging Senate Primaries (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2021 OP
Maybe the Pete Buttigieges of the world will make it. applegrove Sep 2021 #1
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