The Coonsian Corporate Democratic Party took a beating in recent primaries. The nation looks toward Delaware to keep the progressive momentum rolling.
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 Chair Eliot Engel. The “Medicare for All” and “Green New Deal”-backing challenger was once a long shot 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.
“I think what you’re seeing is across the district a rejection of the politics of the past, a rejection of character assassination in politics and frankly a rejection of the idea that simply holding a job entitles you to keep it,” Patel said in an interview.
