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Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that's not true — Joshua Turek | ChamberLight
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Democratic Senate candidates in several Republican-leaning states are emphasizing centrist positions and criticizing parts of their own party as they try to appeal to voters. Republican opponents have challenged some candidates’ claims to moderation.
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People in this story 16 + 2 JT Democratic Senate candidate emphasizing bipartisanship and cooperation on immigration
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Democratic Senate candidate describing himself as a centrist and criticizing both parties
Welcome PAC finance director quoted on the need for Democrats to appeal to the political center
President whom some Democratic candidates say they would work with on border or immigration issues
Former president whom Democratic candidates criticize over immigration and whom Hamilton blames for border problems
Independent senator and progressive figure cited by Cooper’s opponents
Senate majority leader affiliated with the Republican super PAC that attacked Cooper
Republican Senate nominee whose allies link Cooper to national progressive figures
Republican House member and Senate candidate opposing Turek
Former vice president cited as a national Democratic figure associated with Cooper by his opponents
National progressive figure whom Cooper’s opponents invoke as a comparison
Republican incumbent senator whom Hamilton criticizes in campaign ads
Retiring Republican senator whose seat is contested by Turek and Hinson
Republican senator seeking to portray Peltola as aligned with national Democrats and ineffective
ALSO MENTIONED Rob Sand, Iowa Democrat campaigning on an appeal to independents and Republicans and criticizing the two-party system; Zach Lahn, Republican nominee who questions whether Sand’s criticism of his party is genuine
Democratic Senate candidate describing himself as a centrist and criticizing both parties
AF Welcome PAC finance director quoted on the need for Democrats to appeal to the political center
SHOW 11 MORE SHOW FEWER President whom some Democratic candidates say they would work with on border or immigration issues
Former president whom Democratic candidates criticize over immigration and whom Hamilton blames for border problems
Independent senator and progressive figure cited by Cooper’s opponents
Senate majority leader affiliated with the Republican super PAC that attacked Cooper
Republican Senate nominee whose allies link Cooper to national progressive figures
Republican House member and Senate candidate opposing Turek
Former vice president cited as a national Democratic figure associated with Cooper by his opponents
National progressive figure whom Cooper’s opponents invoke as a comparison
Republican incumbent senator whom Hamilton criticizes in campaign ads
Retiring Republican senator whose seat is contested by Turek and Hinson
Republican senator seeking to portray Peltola as aligned with national Democrats and ineffective
ALSO MENTIONED Rob Sand, Iowa Democrat campaigning on an appeal to independents and Republicans and criticizing the two-party system; Zach Lahn, Republican nominee who questions whether Sand’s criticism of his party is genuine
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