Progressives snatch much-needed wins in primary gauntlet

[JoeOtterbein]

Politico

Groups like Justice Democrats were eager for victory after a string of high-profile losses.

By SARAH FERRIS, ALLY MUTNICK and HEATHER CAYGLE

06/24/2020 07:56 PM EDT

Progressive leaders on and off Capitol Hill are emboldened after Tuesday’s high-stakes primaries, with the success of a slew of hand-picked candidates signaling the left is far from finished in the battle for the Democratic Party’s future.

The biggest prize, of course, is the looming victory of Jamaal Bowman over House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel. The Medicare for All and Green New Deal-backing challenger was once a longshot to defeat the powerful incumbent, but the establishment’s late rescue effort proved futile.

But Bowman isn’t alone. He’s one of several left-leaning Democrats who performed even better than expected against well-funded opponents, with progressive-backed Mondaire Jones on track to easily win in the New York City suburbs and Charles Booker holding on in a close fight against Senate leadership-favorite Amy McGrath in Kentucky.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the Oversight Committee, has been left hanging by a thread against progressive challenger Suraj Patel until officials can count the remaining tens of thousands of absentee ballots.

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Good.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Engel apparantly was his own worse enemy.

If you take you District for advantage,you will loose your District. And it sounds like Engel did a louse job of staying in touch with his Constituents .