The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 04, 2019, 01:42:54 pm
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By Jennifer HaberkornStaff Writer
Sep. 4, 2019
3 AM
WASHINGTON —
Progressive Senate candidates in at least two states are accusing a key Democratic Party campaign arm of actively working against them in primaries to help more moderate rivals favored by leadership as having a better shot of ousting GOP incumbents.
The efforts by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee come as the party seeks to retake the Senate majority from Republicans in 2020. But while early intervention may help prevent ugly primary battles, it is already heightening internal tensions between the party’s centrists and progressives, and rekindling allegations of unfair meddling by party leadership.
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https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-03/democratic-committee-accused-of-trying-to-hinder-progressive-candidates (https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-03/democratic-committee-accused-of-trying-to-hinder-progressive-candidates)