| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Primary win gives resurgent left a new shot of adrenaline | The upset defeat of a former Democratic congressman in a Nebraska House primary has become the latest sign of an ascendant left within the Democratic Party.
Social worker and nonprofit executive Kara Eastman’s defeat of former Rep. Brad Ashford in Tuesday’s primary for the House seat Ashford once held is the latest shot of adrenaline for the left, which also saw victories by a number of left-of-center candidates in Pennsylvania’s primaries.
Progressives see Eastman’s win as mounting evidence that candidates backing “Medicare-for-all” and other policies from the party’s left wing can win over voters, as moderates and progressives battle for the soul of the party. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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