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Last week, a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworths staff called Rep. Ted Lieus team with a question: Couldn't the congressman have given her a heads up before issuing an endorsement in her states open, hotly contested Democratic Senate primary?
Lieus staff was puzzled. The California congressman, who, like Duckworth, is one of the most prominent Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) lawmakers on Capitol Hill, hadnt weighed in on the Senate race in Duckworths state of Illinois.
Thats when Lieu's team learned that Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthis campaign for Senate had implied otherwise, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.
In fact, for months, the Krishnamoorthi campaign had been sending fundraising emails purporting to be written by Lieu, according to a review of nearly a dozen of those emails.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/top-democrat-contested-senate-race-caught-problematic-fundraising-emai-rcna248218?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Click%20here&utm_campaign=NBC%20NEWS%20EXCLUSIVE%3A%20Top%20Democrat%20in%20a%20contested%20Senate%20race%20caught%20up%20in%20%27problematic%27%20fundraising%20email%20blunder
Prairie Gates
(8,174 posts)I'm curious.
Cha
(319,134 posts)those sending out false" endorsement" info were Busted.
W_HAMILTON
(10,336 posts)I thought Duckworth has been doing a great job and I'm not sure why Democratic voters would want to oust her.
Prairie Gates
(8,174 posts)W_HAMILTON
(10,336 posts)Bringing Duckworth's name up like the article did made me think she was being challenged in the primary.
Prairie Gates
(8,174 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:06 PM - Edit history (1)
Poorly written and described situation.
MichMan
(17,155 posts)Dick Durban is retiring and not running in 2026. Generally races with no incumbent are hotly contested.