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Safe seats? Anti-Trump wave may wash out some Democrats, too
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Apr 30, 2018 07:22pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When Rep. Mike Capuano won his Boston-area congressional seat two decades ago, he had good reason to think of it like a Supreme Court appointment: for life.
The low-profile Democrat cruised to re-election nine times, never dropping below 80 percent of the vote, while casting reliably liberal votes that earned him perfect ratings from Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Then Donald Trump got elected, and the liberal base began to demand more from its leaders than a party-line voting record.
Now, Capuano is facing his first primary challenge — and he’s not alone, with a small but growing number of entrenched Democrats watching as insurgents out-fundraise them with a sense of urgency fueled by President Donald Trump and an unwillingness to follow the old rules of deference to party elders. |
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