Liban Mohamed, a 27-year-old son of Somali immigrants, is headed into a high-stakes Utah Democratic congressional primary in June after narrowly winning the state party convention last month with 51% of the vote in what was seen as an upset for the party’s political establishment.
The sudden emergence of an unknown progressive candidate in Utah has exposed a growing divide within the state’s Democratic party, one that mirrors a broader tension across the national party between its moderate establishment and a younger, more progressive wing.
