New Jersey incumbents steamroll progressive challengers in primaries
Source: The Hill
Sen. Cory Booker (D), who dropped out of the presidential race last year, easily dispatched progressive activist Lawrence Hamm, holding a nearly 80-point lead with over 32 percent of precincts reporting.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee who had earned the ire of progressives over his refusal to embrace the Green New Deal, defeated Russ Cirincione, a government attorney, and Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, an author who runs MuslimGirl.com.
Meanwhile, Rep. Albio Sires (D), who raised eyebrows by going negative against his progressive challenger Hector Oseguera, won with 76 percent of the vote, while Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) easily prevailed in the 12th District.
A couple of races remained uncalled as of midnight on Wednesday, though in both cases the incumbents had built substantial leads, with Rep. Bill Pascrell (D) leading by about 70 points and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) leading by nearly 40 points.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/506325-incumbents-steamroll-progressive-challengers-in-new-jersey-house-primaries
stopbush
(24,396 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....THAT is what a huge majority of Democrats want in their Representatives and Senators.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)A label, tho thrust on me by others, I embraced from the start.
Thanks for the reminder.
George II
(67,782 posts)murielm99
(30,740 posts)We will need experienced people to clean up the trump mess.
BComplex
(8,051 posts)labor unions
a planet that is sustainable
social security
fair housing
clean air
voting rights protections
black lives matter
Me Too!
Police reform
Damn those liberals! OUR democratic party needs to beat the shit out of them!!!
BAD LIBERALS!!! BAD!!!
comradebillyboy
(10,147 posts)None that I can think of.
BComplex
(8,051 posts)Sounds like a victory against PROGRESSIVE democrats to me.
beastie boy
(9,342 posts)And, of course, it doesn't make "establishment Democrats" against all these things you listed above.
George II
(67,782 posts)beastie boy
(9,342 posts)BComplex
(8,051 posts)That's the title of the thread. What makes these "progressives" so dangerous?
beastie boy
(9,342 posts)It has to do with primary elections in NJ. It may not meet with your approval, but it is an accurate description of what happened there. And while these results are welcome by the vast majority of the Democrats, myself included, the defeat of the candidates you call progressive to the exclusion of most progressives, doesn't make the defeated progressives dangerous. It makes them defeated. Nor does their defeat make the victors devious. Just as I respect the primary results in Jamaal Bowman's and AOC's districts, you should respect primary results in NJ without implying menace. It is the will of the voters, and I hope you have no objections over that.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)That tends to lend itself to many voters saying they want to re-elect them.
brooklynite
(94,553 posts)BComplex
(8,051 posts)brooklynite
(94,553 posts)Every dollar spent on a tilting at windmills campaign against a reliable Democrat is a dollar not spend winning in November.
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)to take on Van Drew so not sure what they are going for here?