A move by House Democratic leaders to protect incumbents is reigniting anger and suspicion among the party’s progressives ahead of the 2020 election.
A move by House Democratic leaders to protect incumbents is reigniting anger and suspicion amongUnder a new policy, the powerful Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will refuse to hire pollsters, ad makers or other campaign consultants if they also work with a candidate trying to defeat a sitting Democrat in a primary.The rule is designed to prevent divisive primaries.
, encouraged her supporters to “pause” donations to the DCCC and instead donate directly to candidates. It is there, in a district that includes a slice of the city and its southwest suburbs, that a progressive Democrat — with the backing of several progressive political groups — is trying for the second time to oust one of the House’s most conservative Democrats in the 2020 election.
Lipinski, who has held the seat since 2005, voted against the Affordable Care Act in 2010, opposes abortion rights, and is the only House Democrat who hasn’t co-sponsored the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections for LGBTQ persons. Lipinski says he’s the one who is more in line with the district, which has a strong union population and is heavily Catholic and increasingly Latino. He argues the district is made up of what had been known as “Reagan Democrats” — not the progressives who are garnering much of the attention in Congress today.
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