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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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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago) (1 children)

One of the few silver linings I see in the clusterfuck that is our politics is that non-fascist voters do actually seem to have finally had enough of the status quo. A DCCC endorsement is more of a curse than a blessing these days, and I am absolutely fucking here for it 🥰

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 minutes ago

It's kinda trending in the direction of AIPAC. It's not going to ever get as completely toxic as a foreign interest PAC funded by Republicans, but candidates should question whether the money (and establishment consultants good at draining it while losing) is worth it.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

This is just dumb. Why are they wasting money on primaries? Why would you endorse anyone?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 36 minutes ago

Because they don’t appear to understand how much goddamn everyone hates the party establishment. It’s much closer to a curse than a blessing these days.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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.)