Progressive women score big wins in Southern primaries

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Stacy Abrams 2018

Progressive women dominated a slate of Democratic primaries Tuesday, winning races in Kentucky and Texas and giving Georgia the first black woman to ever be nominated for governor by a major political party.

The victories underscored some emerging realities of 2018’s primary season: Female candidates — of which Democrats have record numbers in House races — have fared well. Political veterans’ experience, meanwhile, has been a burden. And while Democratic voters have valued candidates’ electability, the party’s base, energized by...READ MORE

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