The Democratic Party's left-wing insurgency, this is being reported by the Washington

Post. Found its limits last night. Also, with voters favoring, establishment candidates over more

liberal challengers in almost every closely watched race across several states. In Michigan

former state senator Gretchen Whitmer easily won the Democratic nomination for governor over

Abdul El Saeed, a doctor backed by Bernie Sanders. He was vying to become the country's first

Muslim governor in suburban house districts across Maryland, left-wing candidates lost to

Democrats backed by party leaders, abortion rights groups and labor unions. And in St. Louis,

were party giant slayer, Alexandria, Ocasio Cortez, traveled to help another young insurgent progressive

mystery and fruitcake, toppled an incumbent representative William Lacey Clay, cruised to an easy

primary win over challenger Corey Bush. So Cortez was, was no help.

Six weeks after Ocasio dash Cortez stunned representative Joe Crowley in New York,

signs of a tea party like movement in the Democratic Party that would throw winnable races to far

left candidates appear to be fading. Instead, the party's establishment has embraced ideas like

expanding affordable care act, shrinking the space between his leaders and his disruptors.

And in other words, centrist Democrats held on to being, they're trying to hold on to the center.

Right. Right. And Cortez was no help to them. In Ohio,

the special election in Ohio's 12th district was deemed too close to call last night in part

because of the green party candidate, Joel Mancich, who picked up 1,127 votes while Republican

Balderson and Democrat Danny O'Connor were neck and neck separated by just 1,766 votes.

Balderson ran with the support of Trump. O'Connor promised to expand health care coverage in Ohio.

And Mancich described himself as a descendant of aliens. He said he was born on a distant planet.

And he still got some votes, huh? Yes. 1,127 votes. Did not know how to steer people to his own

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