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Topic: Democratic primaries

Analilia Mejia, Co-Executive Director of Center for Popular Democracy, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on April 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A role reversal in New Jersey’s 11th

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congressmen in the House and Senate on both sides of the isle joined the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States and advocates to testify about the Russian war effort to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and forced to undergo "re-education" and militarization. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Can a Democrat take McConnell’s seat?

Colorado's First District candidate Melat Kiros (L) and Rep. Diana DeGrette (R) (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker / Kiros for Congress)

Progressive defiance in Colorado primary

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 14: U.S. Rep. Ruwa Romman attends as people protest in Philadelphia as part of the No Kings Rallies at Love Park on June 14, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for No Kings)

The populist pitch for flipping Georgia

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Photo courtesy Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress

Progressives get a new candidate in NYC

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Sunrise Movement: "Time to clear house"

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - AUGUST 6: US Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) makes remarks as she greets voters during a visit at Carondolet Branch Library on August 6, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. Bush is looking to retain her seat in Congress against challenger Wesley Bell in todays Missouri's primary election. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Bush: “Woke isn't dead, woke is fighting

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The Guardsman taking on Trump

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath speaks during an Early Vote rally at Lynn Family Stadium on October 27, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Amy McGrath isn't sorry for trying again

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in May 2019. The chicken was a reference to former Attorney General Bill Barr's reluctance to testify. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Tennessee primary battle heats up

Democratic U.S. House candidate Tom Suozzi speaks following his victory in the special election to replace Republican Rep. George Santos on February 13, 2024 in Woodbury, New York. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Moderate Democrats have a new pitch

J.D. Scholten poses for a portrait in Sioux City, Iowa April 18, 2019. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Joni Ernst has a challenger

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Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference endorsing New York City Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on January 14, 2021 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Do WelcomeFest Dems know what's popular?

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks during a Planned Parenthood rally at the Rochester Community House on October 27, 2024 in Rochester, Michigan. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Billionaires back a centrist "movement"

Donavan McKinney is running in the Democratic primary for Michigan's 13th congressional district. (Donovan McKinney for Congress)

Justice Dems reveal new primary target

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is greeted by David Hogg while leaving an event at the Gun Violence Memorial in front of the Washington Monument on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

David Hogg wants Democrats who'll fight

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Progressives get early jump on primaries

Kat Abughazaleh. (Eliana Melmed)

Can a TikTok star make it to Congress?

First Lady of New Jersey Tammy Snyder Murphy speaks at War Memorial Building in Trenton, New Jersey, United States on January 18, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Democrats avoid dynastic disaster

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Alex B. Morse, Mayor of Holyoke, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Will another powerful Democrat fall?

Roger Sollenberger

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An "electronic pollbook" modified by Def Con hackers to play the computer game Doom. (Twitter)

Leaders consider online voting

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Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets Iowa voters while arriving at a campaign event December 08, 2019 in Coralville, Iowa. Less than two months remain before Iowa holds its caucuses in the nation's first contest in the 2020 presidential election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What is "momentum" actually worth?

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Democratic presidential hopefuls Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participate in the fifth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2019. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Labor dispute could quash Dem debate

Donald Trump; Jeff Flake; Bob Corker; John Kasich (Getty/AP/Salon)

GOP may cancel some 2020 primaries

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