Minnesota progressives getting impatient, might challenge incumbents
Kenza Hadj-Moussa, a spokeswoman for the progressive group TakeAction Minnesota, told me last week that no decisions have been made about recruiting challengers to take on veteran DFL lawmakers in the 2020 election, especially in the Senate.
Still, she offered a less-than-subtle hint: “If I were an incumbent, I would be looking out for progressive challengers,” she said.
None of the longstanding metro DFL lawmakers on the potential target list stray far from progressive orthodoxy. But that’s not the point.
“We’re close to taking back the [state] Senate, but if the Senate is not going to be bold in its approach, then we’re not making much progress,” she said.
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