Three primaries for the House and the Senate on Tuesday pose a fresh test for the left, this time in a conservative-leaning state where socialism is often seen as a dirty word.
State Representative Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, Fla., spoke as Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan looked on during a rally for progressive candidates in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday.
Two Democrats are in a runoff to replace Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress in April. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending heavily against a progressive candidate.
Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It’s proving messy.
Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country.
Former Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska did not appear to be happy that former Vice President Kamala Harris put out a fund-raising appeal on her behalf. Ms. Harris lost the 2024 presidential election in Alaska by 14 points.
Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.
Almost 60 percent of lawmakers in Congress own stock, according to an analysis by Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on making government more accountable.
A law passed in 2012, the STOCK Act, emphasizes that insider trading is illegal among lawmakers, as it is for the general public, and requires them to periodically disclose trades of shares held by them and members of their families.
The president has been focused on the race since the death of Lindsey Graham in July. Ms. Graham, the late senator’s sister, is competing against Representative Ralph Norman in a runoff on Aug. 25.
Representative Russell Fry, left, will endorse Senator Darline Graham in a special Republican primary runoff on Aug. 25 to permanently replace her brother, the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
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