Dems Like Leftism, Not Bernie Sanders

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280. In Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, Sharice Davids, a lesbian Native American, defeated Brent..

Welder, who had the backing of Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

During the primary, incumbent GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder and his allies ran digital and television ads promoting Welder's progressive stands, in what was seen as a sly way to help him advance to the general election.

In Michigan's governor's race, Abdul El-Sayed, who like Welder, had both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez in the state campaigning for him, finished 22 points behind Democratic primary victor Gretchen Whitmer.


El-Sayed had run aggressively on a state-based universal health care system and was aiming to become the country's first Muslim governor. Whitmer presented a more traditional profile as a state senator who promised to fix "crappy roads and schools."

Mike Trujillo, a Democratic consultant who worked on the Kansas congressional race for a third candidate, says Sanders has overestimated the breadth of his 2016 coalition.

"His coalition did include folks attracted to his policy stances, yes, but it was also a majority of 'Never Hillary' Democrats," says Trujillo. "Until Team Bernie understands his coalition is a fraction of a fraction of the Democratic Party – which is fueled by women and people of color – then these losses will continue to stack up."

Ocasio-Cortez suffered another loss in Missouri, where she had backed Cori Bush, a local activist who challenged Rep. William Lacy Clay, who has held the 1st Congressional District seat for 17 years.

https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run/articles/2018-08-08/the-far-left-is-losing

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