Bernie Sanders and new left favorite Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had the door slammed on them and their endorsed Democratic candidates….
This should come as no surprise…..
While the media makes noise about them?
Most Democratic voters do not….
And This is going to be a factor for 2020 also…
There REALLY ISN’T much of a Democratic civil war among most of their actual voters….
Candidates have to adjust their campaigns to THEIR voters not the media ….
The Democratic Party’s left-wing insurgency found its limits Tuesday night, with voters favoring establishment candidates over more liberal challengers in almost every closely watched race across several states.
In Michigan, former state senator Gretchen Whitmer easily won the Democratic nomination for governor over Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who was vying to become the country’s first Muslim governor.
In suburban House districts across the Midwest, left-wing candidates lost to Democrats backed by party leaders, abortion rights groups and labor unions.
And in St. Louis, where party giant-slayer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to help another young insurgent candidate topple an incumbent, Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) cruised to an easy primary win over challenger Cori Bush….
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The party’s centrists, who had bemoaned Crowley’s defeat, saw Tuesday night as a turning point. Whitmer, who ran on her record of expanding Medicaid in Michigan — and a memorable promise to “fix the damn roads” — will now lead an all-female ticket in a swing state that Hillary Clinton narrowly lost….
Sharice Davids, an attorney and former professional mixed martial arts fighter, declared victory Wednesday in the Democratic primary in Kansas’ 3rd district over a candidate backed by both Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and up-and-coming star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Davids appeared to have won the primary with 37 percent of the vote, continuing a winning streak by female candidates this year.
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( Davids is a gay, Native American, woman supported by the Emoly’s list a group, NOT happy with Bernie Sanders lacking efforts to support Democratic women)