David Crowley's narrow win over Francesca Hong shows a weakening Democratic establishment, not that the left has hit its limits.
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“Forces coalesced against us effectively and decided to go low to circumvent the momentum of our movement. We won’t stop trying and we are stronger from this than we were before.”
Truthdig The socialist left loses Wisconsin by 4,000 votes after polls showed it up 20, and every camp reads the same number differently ›
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It shows that voters might be reluctant to back a socialist candidate when there's a good chance that a Trump-backed Republican wins the seat or office in the general election.