With their party hollowed out on the national stage, the eyes of many Democrats are now turning to state leaders as they search for a new bench of candidates for 2028 as well as signs of life for the resistance to the GOP White House.
After Kamala Harris was virtually swept in across the battleground states by Donald Trump and Democrats in the Senate suffered key losses, the party’s leadership in Washington is as unpopular as ever. Members of Congress who were previously playing nice with the administration are now coming forward to say they wished they’d spoken out sooner about the need for Joe Biden to step aside.
