You can explain away 10-term Rep. Joe Crowley’s loss in the Democratic primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by pointing to demographic changes in the district or campaign missteps by the incumbent, but that obscures a larger trend. Similar to the dynamic in the Republican Party, the power of the Democratic establishment is weakening.
From Bernie Sanders’ challenge to Hillary Clinton, to the 63 House Democrats who voted against Nancy Pelosi in the last Democratic leadership race, to the vocal opposition to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to the recent primary in New York’s 14th District, Democrats are not immune to the…
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