lpetrich
Contributor
If you want to see what a displeased party leadership can do, look at what happened to Liz Cheney.
The leadership might also support primary challenges to Squad members. They refused to do so back in 2020, and they are apparently not doing so this year, but they might, if they get displeased enough.
As to the Justice Democrats dropping Nina Turner this time, I've seen in some biographies of AOC that JD did much the same thing with most of its slate to focus on AOC -- that it was either one candidate winning or none. The original BNC/JD conception was to run a candidate in every open Congressional race, for all 435 House seats and 33 or 34 of Senate seats.
Shontel Brown vs. Nina Turner both times:
I'm seeing the same sort of thing in OR-04 -- Val Hoyle is claiming to support much of Doyle Canning's platform.
The leadership might also support primary challenges to Squad members. They refused to do so back in 2020, and they are apparently not doing so this year, but they might, if they get displeased enough.
As to the Justice Democrats dropping Nina Turner this time, I've seen in some biographies of AOC that JD did much the same thing with most of its slate to focus on AOC -- that it was either one candidate winning or none. The original BNC/JD conception was to run a candidate in every open Congressional race, for all 435 House seats and 33 or 34 of Senate seats.
Shontel Brown vs. Nina Turner both times:
- 2021: 50.1% - 44.6%
- 2022: 63.4% - 33.6%
I'm seeing the same sort of thing in OR-04 -- Val Hoyle is claiming to support much of Doyle Canning's platform.