2022 US midterm elections

Centrist democratic candidates take a resounding loss in primary elections, despite big money interests putting their fat thumbs on the scales

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Big money groups spent some $15 million in those three House races – two in Oregon and one in Pennsylvania – while outside progressive groups managed just over $2 million, yet prevailed in all three. In North Carolina, the super PACs had better luck, spending $7 million dollars against Erica Smith and Nida Allam. The spending came from AIPAC, Democratic Majority for Israel, and Mainstream Democrats, the super PAC organized and funded by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman.

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Rep. Summer Lee fended off a primary challenge from an anti-union attorney backed by big out of state money.

Jamie McLeod-Skinner beat incumbent Representative Kurt Schrader, described as "Oregon's Manchin".

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman handily beat Conor Lamb, who received endorsements from party leadership.

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The stunning wins come as the party debates who is to blame for President Biden’s sinking approval rating and increasingly dire forecasts of upcoming midterm losses. Party establishment figures have pointed the finger at the left for making unreasonable demands couched in slogans like “Defund the Police” that turn off voters. The progressive wing has countered that Biden’s popularity has sunk as centrist Democrats have slowly murdered his agenda, while the left has fought to enact it.

Do-nothing liberalism, it turns out, is not popular with voters despite drawing in big money support.

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