Bitter Senate primaries to offer Dems an early midterms roadmap

Bitter Senate primaries to offer Dems an early midterms roadmap

A renewed power struggle is playing out among Democrats, following a string of off-year overperformances in 2025 after bruising losses in 2024. The battle for the soul of the party is most acute in a series of contentious Senate primaries that will soon determine whether the establishment’s more centrist candidates will square off against Republicans in November, or whether the party’s more progressive upstarts will. Rivalry outcomes in battlegr…

Senate Primary in Texas Tests the Future of Dem Politics

First Democratic debate focuses on unity, different approaches to flip U.S. Senate seat

Democrats are aiming to flip one of Texas’ U.S. Senate seats for the first time since 1988.  Front-runners for the Democratic nomination, Texas Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, debated for the first time in Georgetown, Texas, on Saturday. Democratic primary voters will decide between the two candidates on March 3.  During the hour-long debate put on by the Texas American Federation of Labor and Congress of…