Mondaire Jones
He is due to face former school board member Liz Gereghty, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s younger sister, in the Democratic primary.
But the Working Families Party denies that it gave Jones any assurances of support.
But it may be too late to stop him.
“I am uniquely good at building coalitions that extend far outside of the progressive movement.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The first-term progressive plans to run in a new seat in New York City instead.
The Right to Vote Act would allow voters to challenge any restriction of their access to the ballot.
The freshman congressman ripped into the West Virginia senator's op-ed, in which he said he would vote against Democrats' elections reform bill.
Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones rips the Arkansas Republican's "well-rounded" dog whistle in arguing against D.C. statehood.
The progressive New York Democrat also said President Joe Biden is “doing a tremendous job.”
The suburban New York Democrat has lofty progressive goals. He doesn’t think they conflict with “just getting stuff done.”