Pappas and Sullivan are the two clear front-runners going into Tuesday’s Democratic primary to replace the retiring Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D). The Boston city councilwoman toppled 10-term incumbent Rep. Mike Capuano in a Democratic primary last Tuesday despite having no establishment support and trailing by double digits in every poll. Moulton, who served in the Marines, also toppled a Democratic incumbent in neighboring Massachusetts in a 2014 primary. Then she barely edged him out in 2016, even as President Trump carried the district by two percentage points — the same margin Obama had won by four years earlier. Andrew Cuomo is dealing with two campaign gaffes as he prepares for Thursday’s Democratic primary against Cynthia Nixon.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2018 13:55 UTC