Democrats Nominate 5 Left-Wing Senate Candidates in Battleground Races, Giving GOP an Opening
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Democrats Nominate 5 Left-Wing Senate Candidates in Battleground Races, Giving GOP an Opening
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
Five battleground Senate races are emerging as a warning sign for Democrats after primary voters chose more progressive nominees in Michigan, Texas, Maine, Minnesota and New Hampshire.
Michigan is the sharpest example: Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary by just 1 point despite earlier double-digit polling leads, and Republican Mike Rogers is already trying to turn his past remarks into a general-election liability.
Other races follow the same pattern in the report’s framing, with James Talarico in Texas, Troy Jackson in Maine, Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota and Chris Pappas in New Hampshire cast as weaker fits for swing or moderate electorates.
Republicans are pairing those nominees against better-known or more centrist-profile opponents including Rogers, Ken Paxton, Susan Collins, Michele Tafoya and John Sununu, aiming to win over independents before the Nov. 3 election.
The broader argument is that Democrats, like Republicans in some Tea Party-era races, may have let ideologically driven primaries complicate their chances in contests that could help decide Senate control.