floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours ago'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Racewww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: pravda_news@news.abolish.capital
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·10 hours agoThis is good, sure, maybe even great, but these are primaries. Our leftier-than-thou bubble here is not a perfect sample of the electorate. It doesn’t matter if they don’t win the election. TL;DR: win the election.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 hours agoThis was a special election, not a primary. Wahab does have to stand in the General Election in November, but as an incumbent now.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoFair; my mistake. Taken as a larger trend, the point stands.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 hours agoThis was a special election. Will serve until November at least.
This is good, sure, maybe even great, but these are primaries.
Our leftier-than-thou bubble here is not a perfect sample of the electorate.
It doesn’t matter if they don’t win the election.
TL;DR: win the election.
This was a special election, not a primary.
Wahab does have to stand in the General Election in November, but as an incumbent now.
Fair; my mistake. Taken as a larger trend, the point stands.
This was a special election. Will serve until November at least.