Governor of Rhode Island easily repels the main challenge

WASHINGTON – Gina Raimondo, governor of Rhode Island, won an election in a Democratic primary on Wednesday against a progressive insurgent, even as the Liberals won some more wins against the moderate Democratic establishment.

Raimondo has faced stiff opposition on his left flank since his narrow election to a first term in 2014. But former Secretary of State Matt Brown and his underfunded campaign have struggled to capitalize on this opening, losing more than 20 points against Raimondo. The Associated Press.

Brown was introduced as an agent of change in the style of Bernie Sanders, and he got support from liberal groups like Indivisible and Our Revolution, who won the candidacy of the independent Vermont senator. But Raimondo refused to debate Brown while dominating the airwaves, surpassing his challenger by about 20 to 1.

Raimondo is one of 11 Democrat women to stand for election, representing almost a third nominations for the governorship of the party in the 36 races of this election cycle.

Republicans have appointed Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, organizing a rematch of his fight against Raimondo in 2014.

And despite the improvement in the state's economy and the strong democrat trend, analysts say Fung should not be counted on, noting that Raimondo was barely leading his opponent in a recent poll that showed him moderate support.

However, for many offices in the deep blue state, primaries matter more than general elections. And local politicians have been more attentive to a handful of Democratic primaries lower than the governor's match for signs of the victory of the Democratic Civil War in the country's smallest state.

Aaron Regunberg, a 28-year-old Progressive, offered Lieutenant Governor Daniel McKee a run for his money, and progressives thought he had a better chance than Brown.

But the incumbent is heading the insurgents 51% to 49%, 53,021 votes against 51,600, with 96% of reports. The AP did not call the race.

But the state's democratic establishment has taken blows in the legislative races.

Progressives have been trying for years to overthrow the democratic rights of the democratic machine. In 2016, a troika of insurgent women won the primaries, so this year the machine was ready to take revenge.

He has openly tried to defeat the lawmakers. And in a move that drew national attention, the Democratic Party of the State even managed to oust representative Moira Walsh, a liberal who declared herself a culture of drinking and corruption in the Assembly General.

The Gaspee Project, a pro-implantation PAC, attacked Walsh and other progressives as "indebted to an intolerant progressive left faction that is tearing the democrats apart." the "mainstream democrat".

But despite the attacks, Walsh won. Just as a representative of the state, one of the only African-American women in state politics, which angered party leaders by beating a powerful democrat two years ago.

At the same time, a well-known progressive activist on the ground ousted a practicing senator. The insurgents have also won victories in the open-seated primaries.

However, the only member of the General Assembly to officially approve Brown's candidacy, Jeanine Calkin, lost her Senate primary. The winner was a close friend of the man she had defeated two years ago.

Rhode Island has organized the penultimate primary year. The progressives will have one last chance to score another major victory Thursday in New York, where governor Andrew Cuomo is largely preferred to actress Cynthia Nixon, who runs to his left.