Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
These centrist women on a group chat are leading Democrats in 2025
They jumped into politics in President Donald Trump’s first term. They ascended to Congress with similar resumes. They text all the time in a group chat.
Now Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill and Elissa Slotkin are all playing leading roles for the Democratic Party — a trio of centrist women with national security backgrounds who helped retake the House in 2018 and this year hope to steer their beleaguered party back toward winning.
Spanberger, 45, had already clinched the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia heading into Tuesday’s primaries. She and 53-year-old Sherrill, the nominee in New Jersey, will lead Democrats on the ballot in the marquee races of 2025, testing the party’s ability to rebuild in Trump’s second term. Slotkin, the 48-year-old freshman senator from Michigan, was tapped to rebut Trump’s address to Congress on behalf of her party this year — and will soon start rolling out a “war plan” to beat Trump, as Democrats search for leaders.
“We were never going to run for political office,” Spanberger said. “That was not anywhere in our life plan.” Then Trump won the 2016 election.
The ascent of the three lawmakers signals that Democrats are in some ways reprising their playbook from Trump’s first term, elevating candidates with service records who have at times worked to separate themselves from their party brand and who proved especially successful in 2018.
Now Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill and Elissa Slotkin are all playing leading roles for the Democratic Party — a trio of centrist women with national security backgrounds who helped retake the House in 2018 and this year hope to steer their beleaguered party back toward winning.
Spanberger, 45, had already clinched the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia heading into Tuesday’s primaries. She and 53-year-old Sherrill, the nominee in New Jersey, will lead Democrats on the ballot in the marquee races of 2025, testing the party’s ability to rebuild in Trump’s second term. Slotkin, the 48-year-old freshman senator from Michigan, was tapped to rebut Trump’s address to Congress on behalf of her party this year — and will soon start rolling out a “war plan” to beat Trump, as Democrats search for leaders.
“We were never going to run for political office,” Spanberger said. “That was not anywhere in our life plan.” Then Trump won the 2016 election.
The ascent of the three lawmakers signals that Democrats are in some ways reprising their playbook from Trump’s first term, elevating candidates with service records who have at times worked to separate themselves from their party brand and who proved especially successful in 2018.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/these-centrist-women-on-a-group-chat-are-leading-democrats-in-2025/ar-AA1GWt0s
1 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
