Update, 3:45pm: The article linked to below has been revised since this morning, with more interviews with legislators and Planned Parenthood. Krusick, for example, states she is Catholic. It's worth a re-read.
MJS:
A little-noticed liberal group made a big impact in Tuesday's Democratic legislative primaries in Milwaukee, ousting two long-time incumbents with attacks on their left and likely ensuring that no strong anti-abortion Democrats will remain in the Legislature when it returns next year.
Wisconsin Progress easily won its targeted races with candidates it had helped recruit and train, with law student Daniel Riemer crushing Rep. Peggy Krusick, a three-decade veteran Democrat from Milwaukee, and community organizer Mandela Barnes stunning Rep. Jason Fields, who had served for eight years.
Another candidate backed by the group, Milwaukee County Supervisor Nikiya Harris, also won her Democratic primary for the state Senate. In Democratic Milwaukee these three primary victories essentially ensure all three candidates will also win the general election.
The victories put in place Democrats who will stand with others in their party in opposing voucher schools in favor of public schools and supporting abortion rights, said Scott Spector, a former labor official who is now the executive director of Wisconsin Progress.
"Democrats have lost their way on that, standing up and taking a stand," Spector said.
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Party of Despair and Death it would appear.
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