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State Rep. Charles Booker, pictured, faces Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate.
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State Rep. Charles Booker, pictured, faces Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate.
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Progressives are mounting efforts to best establishment Democrats in Kentucky and New York Tuesday.
Black Lives Matter protests around the country have added energy to the left, and Black progressives are surging in contests in both states.
In Kentucky, the race between the two leading Democrats vying for the right to likely take on Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is coming down to the wire. All the momentum is on the side of state Rep. Charles Booker over Amy McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot with a lot of money and the party’s backing.
In New York, a former principal from the Bronx is taking aim at a 30-year-incumbent, Rep. Eliot Engel. Engel hasn’t faced a competitive primary in 20 years, and the pressure is showing.
In all Tuesday, voters in five states head to the polls, including North Carolina, Virginia and Mississippi, in addition to Kentucky and New York.
Here’s a look at some of the notable races to watch:
Kentucky
Senate (Democratic) — McGrath vs. Booker
The death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville has changed the trajectory of this race. Booker has all the momentum after attending and taking a leadership role at protests over her death. He’s become something of a progressive cause célèbre, as Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes have all endorsed Booker. And a poll out Thursday showed Booker ahead of McGrath. It’s a stunning turn of events, because McGrath has brought in almost $41 million — more than McConnell has raised.
McGrath also has the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. McGrath burst on the scene in 2018 with an ad for a House seat that highlighted her career as a fighter pilot. But her loss during that Democratic wave year took some of the shine off, and Democrats privately criticized the campaign she ran. And Booker is out with a powerful new video that encapsulates a lot of the economic and political messages Democrats are pushing nationally. Either Booker or McGrath would start in a hole against McConnell, as polls show both down double-digits against him.
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4th Congressional District (Republican) — Massie vs. McMurtry
Is the race between incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie and lawyer Todd McMurtry is coming down to… who’s more racist?
McMurtry, who is a lawyer for one of the students from Covington Catholic High School that had a standoff with an Indigenous activist, landed in hot water after racist tweets of his surfaced. McMurtry then accused Massie of displaying the Confederate battle flag at his home.
Things get more complicated and tie in GOP leadership. Massie upset President Trump and Republican leadership by forcing members back to Washington to vote on a coronavirus relief bill. As a result, House No. 3 Liz Cheney and others donated to McMurtry. But that was before the tweets came out. When that happened, Cheney and other Republicans demanded their money back, which drew ridicule from Massie.
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New York
16th Congressional District (Democratic) — Engel vs. Bowman
New York is the site of several key Democratic primary races Tuesday, as many longtime politicians — including Reps. Jerry Nadler, Yvette Clarke and Carolyn Maloney — face a wave of more progressive challengers.
Engel, who has held his congressional seat since 1988, faces perhaps the toughest race, against former middle school principal and education advocate Jamaal Bowman. While Engel has been endorsed by Hillary Clinton, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Bowman has gained increased support from progressive leaders, like Sanders, Warren and New York’s Ocasio-Cortez, who in 2018 herself defeated a longtime Democratic incumbent close to party leadership. In a poll released last week by the left-leaning group Data for Progress, Bowman led Engel by 10 points.
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Additional New York races to watch (full results here):
- NY-14 — Ocasio-Cortez faces her first reelection primary since unseating Joe Crowley in 2018. Former CNBC correspondent Michelle Caruso-Cabrera stands as Ocasio-Cortez’s most significant challenger, though Ocasio-Cortez maintains a large fundraising lead.
- NY-15 — A dozen Democratic candidates are hoping to fill retiring Congressman José Serrano’s seat. One of the leading candidates is New York City Councilor and Rev. Rubén Díaz Sr., a controversial Democrat who is openly against abortion and gay marriage.
- NY-2 — Retiring Republican Congressman Peter King’s seat is also up for grabs, prompting competitive Republican and Democratic primaries.
- NY-22 — Former Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney is hoping for a rematch against Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi to win her old seat back. But first, she has to win Tuesday’s GOP primary. Tenney lost her seat to Brindisi in 2018 and has been endorsed by Trump.
- NY-27 — Another Trump-backed candidate, Chris Jacobs, is running in Tuesday’s special election following the resignation of former Congressman Chris Collins over fraud charges.
North Carolina
11th Congressional District (Republican) — Bennett vs. Cawthorn
This GOP primary runoff is to fill the seat of former Rep. Mark Meadows, who resigned in March to be Trump’s chief of staff. The two candidates running are real estate agent Lynda Bennett and real estate investor Madison Cawthorn.
Bennett has been endorsed by Trump, Meadows and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, but some Republican voters in the 11th district have expressed doubt and skepticism over controversial campaign choices. The GOP winner will go on to face Democratic nominee Moe Davis, a retired Air Force colonel and former prosecutor.
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Virginia
2nd Congressional District (Republican) — Luria vs. Taylor… Round 2?
Former Rep. Scott Taylor is vying for a rematch against freshman Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria, who defeated Taylor in 2018 by just over 2 percentage points.
Taylor, who had only served one term, faced an election fraud scandal during his reelection campaign after a staffer forged signatures to try to get a third-party candidate on the ballot. Two years later, Taylor says Luria’s decision to support Trump’s impeachment was “the last straw” in prompting him to run. Taylor is the only candidate with prior political experience running for the GOP nomination, and he leads the primary field in fundraising.
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Mississippi
2nd Congressional District (Republican) — Carey vs. Flowers
In a runoff election, Republicans Thomas Carey and Brian Flowers will compete for the GOP nomination in this heavily Democratic district. The winner will go on to face Democrat Bennie Thompson, who has held the seat for 27 years. Hillary Clinton won this majority African American district by almost 30 points.
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]]>WASHINGTON — After the first three presidential nominating contests, Joe Biden and the pragmatic wing of the Democratic Party easily beat Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and the progressives pushing for big, structural change.
But on Tuesday, progressives have the opportunity to strike back with some wins of their own.
That’s when progressive candidates — from New York to Kentucky — have chances to score victories over establishment/moderate/pragmatic Democrats, including the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
In Kentucky, progressive African-American state Rep. Charles Booker — who supports Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and Universal Basic Income — appears to have the momentum over well-funded Amy McGrath in the Democratic Senate primary for the right to take on Mitch McConnell in the fall.
The big question, however, is whether enough Kentucky Democrats already submitted their mail-in ballots before Booker’s campaign started to take off, especially after the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville.
In NY-16, progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman, a middle school principal, is trying to defeat longtime incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
In NY-17, former Obama DOJ official Mondaire Jones — who backs Medicare for All — is running in a crowded primary to fill the congressional seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. Also running for the seat is former Obama Defense official Evelyn Farkas, as well as state Sen. David Carlucci.
And in NY-9, longtime Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., is facing a handful of challengers, including progressive Adem Bunkeddeko, who narrowly lost to Clarke in 2018.
What we’ll be watching for on Tuesday night is whether the party that’s about to nominate Joe Biden as its presidential candidate to face President Trump in November has more hunger for progressive politics after the coronavirus and after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks.
It also shouldn’t be lost here that Booker, Bowman, Jones and Bunkeddeko are all progressives of color, and a question going forward is whether they might fare better than white progressives in Democratic primaries.
But also don’t forget that none of these races will be competitive in November. No matter who wins between Booker and McGrath in Kentucky, McConnell will be the big favorite in this presidential year.
And in New York, all of the primary races we’re watching on Tuesday are in safe Democratic seats.
Was the Tulsa rally really worth it?
Tulsa’s health director urged President Trump not to come.
Ditto the leading members of his coronavirus task force.
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But Trump went ahead with rally any way on Saturday, and here’s what he got in return:
- an “underwhelming” crowd;
- members of his campaign staff who’ve been playing defense about the lackluster attendance;
- advance staff and Secret Service who contracted the coronavirus in the preparations for the rally;
- and thousands of rally-goers who could have gotten exposed to the virus.
So now that the rally has come and gone, who is better off for it? We’d be hard-pressed to say anyone except the Democrats, who got a whole lot of new ad material.
Data Download: The numbers you need to know today
2,290,639: The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, per the most recent data from NBC News and health officials. (That’s 84,839 more cases than Friday morning.)
120,635: The number of deaths in the United States from the virus so far. (That’s 1,448 more than Friday morning.)
More than 183,000: The number of new coronavirus cases in the world on Sunday, the largest-ever single-day increase in cases reported by the World Health Organization.
22 percent: The share of ICU beds available in Washington D.C. hospitals as of Saturday, as the city is slated to move to Phase Two of reopening on Monday (76 beds of 345 total).
6,200: The number of attendees at the Trump rally in Tulsa, according to the Tulsa fire marshal.
101 minutes: The length of President Trump’s Saturday night remarks in Tulsa.
14 minutes: How long the president spoke on Saturday about his frustration with the coverage of his use of a ramp and how he drank water at a recent West Point address.
Tweet of the day
NASCAR is investigating a noose found in @BubbaWallace’s garage at Talladega.
Last weekend:
“I’m standing up with my peers and with my following and my platform, to stand up for what’s right and create change, not only in the sport, but in the world”pic.twitter.com/fbJHUVHSMU
— Kasie DC (@KasieDC) June 22, 2020
2020 Vision: Hickenlooper gets some help
Today we take a peek at a new development in Colorado’s Senate Democratic primary, where John Hickenlooper has been on the defensive in recent days.
With the June 30 primary around the corner, a new outside group is coming to the former governor’s aid: Let’s Turn Colorado Blue.
The group, which formed last week, is already running an ad hitting Hickenlooper’s primary opponent, Andrew Romanoff. And with almost $800,000 booked between now and the primary, it’s part of the big outside push coming in for Hickenlooper down the stretch — the Senate Majority PAC, which has backed Hickenlooper, has about $1.4 million in TV and radio time booked through June 30.
Plus, thanks to the group’s convenient decision to wait until so late to open its doors, it won’t have to disclose its donors until after the primary.
The Lid: Narrowing it down
Don’t miss the pod from Friday, when we made the case how Joe Biden’s VP pick could now be down to a two-woman race.
ICYMI: What else is happening in the world
Coronavirus-related stimulus and economic aid has curbed the increase in poverty in America, with one study finding the poverty rate dropping in April and May.
President Trump told Axios his trade negotiations with China have prompted him to pump the breaks on sanctions against the country in retribution for the detention of Uighurs and others.
The president is expected to extend his recent immigration executive order, blocking many from obtaining green cards.
Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on street markets like the Central de Abasto in Mexico.
A dispatch from South Carolina’s primaries show how the pandemic is making it harder for voters, particularly in minority communities.
South Korea is facing a second wave of coronavirus infections.
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]]>The GOP clinched major victories in two special elections held on Tuesday but was largely ignored by the mainstream media.
Mike Garcia managed to flip California’s 25th District, becoming the first Republican to do that in the state since 1998. Garcia, a former Navy combat pilot, was declared the winner on Wednesday after his Democratic challenger, state assemblywoman Christy Smith, conceded the race. The congressional seat was previously held by Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned last year.
Both Garcia and Smith will face off again in November.
Wisconsin state senator Tom Tiffany was able to maintain the GOP’s control over the state’s conservative-leaning 7th district left vacant by Rep. Sean Duffy.
Past special elections in recent memory generated plenty of news coverage, particularly when Democrats pick up congressional seats as pundits often hype that such victories are a “bellwether” for what’s to come in the upcoming elections.
However, there was little to zero mention of Garcia and Tiffany’s victories on any of the major news networks.
None of the three broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, aired any coverage of the special election races during Wednesday’s morning programs. The networks skipped such coverage in the evening news shows as well, even after Garcia’s declared victory that took place in the afternoon.
CNN completely ignored both races throughout the day. Meanwhile, MSNBC once mentioned Garcia’s likely win on Wednesday morning but ignored Tiffany’s victory.
The TV networks similarly downplayed the breaking news surrounding the released list of Obama officials who requested the unmasking of former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
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Broadcast networks ABC and NBC completely ignored the unmasking list during their evening programs. “World News Tonight” and “NBC Nightly News” kept much of its focus on the latest developments in the coronavirus outbreak while “CBS Evening News” briefly addressed the controversy.
While MSNBC briefly mentioned the news in the afternoon, CNN waited nearly four hours before covering the unmasking on air.
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