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Amish Shah wins Democratic congressional primary in Arizona, a blow to the party establishment (apnews.com)
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PHOENIX (AP) — Amish Shah won the Democratic primary Wednesday in a hotly contested congressional district in Arizona, delivering another defeat to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which backed a rival, as more voters reject the preferences of party leaders in Washington.

The DCCC backed Marlene Galán-Woods, a former Republican who switched parties at the beginning of Trump’s first term.

The DCCC’s decision to endorse Galán-Woods, a former television journalist in Phoenix, puzzled local Democrats because there was little ideological difference between her and Shah. Both are moderates, and the race was not a proxy fight in the party’s deepening feud between progressives and centrists.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The DCCC backed a former Republican in a primary where the other option was also a moderate and their choice lost. Starting to feel like they're just not good at politics.

And apparently they wasted half a million dollars doing it! On an intra-party contest with no incumbent and little ideological difference! (Not that ideological differences should be what drives the DCCC, just highlighting how dumb this was.)