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Bernie Sanders ally Nina Turner seeks rematch with Rep. Shontel Brown in Ohio
Source: NBC News
Jan. 26, 2022, 5:15 AM EST
By Henry J. Gomez
CLEVELAND — Nina Turner, the progressive activist with close ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is mounting another campaign for Congress in Ohio.
The former state senator from the Cleveland area told NBC News this week that she wants a rematch with Rep. Shontel Brown, who beat Turner last year in a Democratic primary.
“The same environment that motivated me to run before motivates me to run again,” Turner, who co-chaired Sanders’ 2020 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a telephone interview. “The environment by which change needs to happen has not really percolated at this moment. I think that it's one thing for somebody to go and to vote the right way. But Greater Cleveland needs a fighter, and that's that's what I am.”
Brown beat Turner decisively in the special primary and easily won the general election to succeed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge in the overwhelmingly Democratic 11th Congressional District. The race, one of few on the ballot last year, was an ideological battle that attracted an influx of national attention and money, fueled in large part by Turner’s willingness to antagonize the Democratic establishment. Brown ran as a reliable backer of President Joe Biden.
By Henry J. Gomez
CLEVELAND — Nina Turner, the progressive activist with close ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is mounting another campaign for Congress in Ohio.
The former state senator from the Cleveland area told NBC News this week that she wants a rematch with Rep. Shontel Brown, who beat Turner last year in a Democratic primary.
“The same environment that motivated me to run before motivates me to run again,” Turner, who co-chaired Sanders’ 2020 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a telephone interview. “The environment by which change needs to happen has not really percolated at this moment. I think that it's one thing for somebody to go and to vote the right way. But Greater Cleveland needs a fighter, and that's that's what I am.”
Brown beat Turner decisively in the special primary and easily won the general election to succeed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge in the overwhelmingly Democratic 11th Congressional District. The race, one of few on the ballot last year, was an ideological battle that attracted an influx of national attention and money, fueled in large part by Turner’s willingness to antagonize the Democratic establishment. Brown ran as a reliable backer of President Joe Biden.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/bernie-sanders-ally-nina-turner-seeks-rematch-rep-shontel-brown-n1288008
How can this turn out any differently from last August's primary, especially with Shontel Brown doing a GREAT job as the incumbent Representative for OH-11?
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looks like she is fighting to destroy the Democratic Party.
