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The party’s establishment has long succeeded at closely managing primaries. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), known as a ferocious recruiter, was also adept at subtly and not-so-subtly discouraging candidacies, helping the party avoid contentious primaries in Florida and Kansas in recent years.
Hours after former NFL star Colin Allred quit the Texas Senate race Monday, rabble-rousing Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumped in — the latest sign that Democrats are facing a Tea Party-style revolt by progressives.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is triggering backlash among fellow Democrats for its interventions in various Senate races.