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mucifer

(23,554 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:34 AM Mar 2020

Right Wing Dem Dan Lipinski Defeated!!

Rep. Dan Lipinski, a Chicago congressman known for his staunch opposition to abortion and his votes against Obamacare and same-sex marriage, finally succumbed to a liberal challenger Tuesday in a primary held in the throes of the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic.

The eight-term Illinois Democrat fell to businesswoman Marie Newman, who led 48 to 44 percent when The Associated Press called the race, a resounding victory for the party’s progressive wing, which has struggled so far this year to capitalize on its 2018 success.

Newman, who came within 2,200 votes of ousting Lipinski in 2018, crafted a formidable and well-funded campaign operation for the rematch. Her turnout operation knocked over 100,000 doors and she nabbed early endorsements from nearly every high-profile progressive, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

The district leans heavily Democratic but Lipinski was likely able to hang onto it in part because of his ties to the Chicago political machine. He won the seat in 2004 after his father, then-Rep. Bill Lipinski, announced a surprise retirement a few months before the election and persuaded local Democratic committeemen to place his son on the ballot in his place.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/18/rep-dan-lipinski-falls-in-democratic-primary-135175

We have been trying to get this asshole out of congress for a long time.

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Right Wing Dem Dan Lipinski Defeated!! (Original Post) mucifer Mar 2020 OP

Great news! eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2020 #1

As an anti-abortion rights Democrat, he was ready for the museum shelf anyway DFW Mar 2020 #2

He voted against the ACA rpannier Mar 2020 #5

Agreed DFW Mar 2020 #10

She persisted. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3

Repug ringer gone. Good. rickyhall Mar 2020 #4

Excellent. K&R BeckyDem Mar 2020 #6

Finally. bearsfootball516 Mar 2020 #7

Another progressive woman in Congress -- good news! klook Mar 2020 #8

Well she has to get through the general. It's a conservative district. But, they always vote dem mucifer Mar 2020 #9

Ah. I misunderstood this sentence: klook Mar 2020 #11

Yup. People don't tend to vote republican in Chicago. But, in some areas they vote mucifer Mar 2020 #12

Excellent news! JudyM Mar 2020 #13

BlueMTexpat

(15,370 posts)

1. Great news! eom

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:52 AM

Mar 2020

DFW

(54,412 posts)

2. As an anti-abortion rights Democrat, he was ready for the museum shelf anyway

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:07 AM

Mar 2020

Hoping the primaries police don't lock this for you!

I never researched Lipinski's background, but the name and location hint at a conservative Polish Catholic background. Even if that is in error, a strong opponent of abortion rights--especially at a time when those rights are endangered-- is something our caucus in the House can well do without. Do widzenia.

rpannier

(24,330 posts)

5. He voted against the ACA

Reply to DFW (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:45 AM

Mar 2020

He needed to go just for that alone

DFW

(54,412 posts)

10. Agreed

Reply to rpannier (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:07 AM

Mar 2020

It seems like he was only running as a Democrat because his district had elected a Democrat for so long. Lipinski should have made the move to the other side of the aisle long ago. Instead, he just voted that way.

gibraltar72

(7,506 posts)

3. She persisted.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:27 AM

Mar 2020

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)

4. Repug ringer gone. Good.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 06:29 AM

Mar 2020

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

6. Excellent. K&R

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:11 AM

Mar 2020

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

7. Finally.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:13 AM

Mar 2020

Lipinski was an absolute curse on the Democratic party.

klook

(12,157 posts)

8. Another progressive woman in Congress -- good news!

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:38 AM

Mar 2020

mucifer

(23,554 posts)

9. Well she has to get through the general. It's a conservative district. But, they always vote dem

Reply to klook (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:01 AM

Mar 2020

It's just that the dems they elect are nuts and really repubs.

Chicago is a bit weird.

klook

(12,157 posts)

11. Ah. I misunderstood this sentence:

Reply to mucifer (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:32 AM

Mar 2020

"The district leans heavily Democratic but Lipinski was likely able to hang onto it in part because of his ties to the Chicago political machine."

So you're saying it leans heavily Democratic, but the ConservaDem variety. So she'll need to convince voters that she can represent their interests better than her Republican opponent can.

mucifer

(23,554 posts)

12. Yup. People don't tend to vote republican in Chicago. But, in some areas they vote

Reply to klook (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:40 AM

Mar 2020

very right wing "democrat".

The extreme example was back in the '80s when Harold Washington ran for mayor. The democratic primary he was against 2 more conservative candidates. He was black. There was a lot of racism going on. He won the primary with the support of blacks latinos LGBT and liberals. Most white voters hated him. They hated him so much the republican candidate Bernie Epton who no one ever heart of rose in the polls and it was way closer than it should have been. Epton did lose. But, in the past pretty much no one voted republican for mayor of Chicago.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

13. Excellent news!

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 03:48 PM

Mar 2020

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