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In reply to the discussion: Some Dems float idea of primary challenge for Ocasio-Cortez [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. I'd be disappointed in a backroom effort to primary her. Do think she's a bit out-front right now,
but just a bit. If someone decides to run against her, OK, that's the process. But do not support effort to undermine her.
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But the Just Democrats are planning on doing the same thing to other Democratic officeholders
Gothmog
Jan 2019
#26
Isn't that what she did in 2018, not only primarying Joe Crowley but also actively campaigning....
George II
Jan 2019
#38
I'd be disappointed in a backroom effort to primary her. Do think she's a bit out-front right now,
Hoyt
Jan 2019
#4
Did an "old boys club" primary Joe Crowley or is an "old boys club" planning to primary...
George II
Jan 2019
#40
Funny how that wasn't a consideration last year when she primaried Joe Crowley in that District.
George II
Jan 2019
#42
Her district primary had very low voter turnout, no one thought she would win
Thekaspervote
Jan 2019
#8
Ummmm .... she won by a 15 point margin (57.5-42.5%). In the GE she carried 78% of the
KPN
Jan 2019
#19
In a district with 235,000 registered Democrats she won the primary by 4,000 votes.
George II
Jan 2019
#41
Well, we can go one step further then - of those who cast their votes for her she got 100%
George II
Jan 2019
#46
It's not the doing of the Democratic Party and it didn't only happen only in the 14th District:
George II
Jan 2019
#53
True. But on one hand, there are those who challenge the status quo as something that
KPN
Jan 2019
#17
Equation? Lol. There is no equation in primarying her. No conformist is going to outpace her
KPN
Jan 2019
#22