{"id":69259,"date":"2026-03-17T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/establishment-democrats-fend-off-far-left-influencer-in-primary-to-succeed-rep-jan-schakowsky\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:00:53","slug":"establishment-democrats-fend-off-far-left-influencer-in-primary-to-succeed-rep-jan-schakowsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/establishment-democrats-fend-off-far-left-influencer-in-primary-to-succeed-rep-jan-schakowsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishment Democrats fend off far-left influencer in primary to succeed Rep Jan Schakowsky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Far-left social media influencer and former Media Matters journalist Kat Abughazaleh<\/a> has lost her bid to replace a longtime House Democrat in Illinois.<\/p>\n

Abughazaleh was one of 15 people running in a crowded primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is retiring after nearly 30 years in Congress.<\/p>\n

She lost to Daniel Biss, the mayor of Everston, Ill., and a former state lawmaker.<\/p>\n

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The race to replace Schakowsky in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, a safe blue seat, has been a battle of the ages.<\/p>\n

Abughazaleh, 26, is part of an increasingly politically active coterie of left-wing Gen Z activists who have been critical of the Democratic establishment.<\/p>\n

Her campaign website touts “a new type of Democratic campaign,” warning, “If you\u2019re a right-wing billionaire or a member of the Democratic consultant class, this campaign isn\u2019t for you.”<\/p>\n

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She notably said during a primary debate that she did not support the continued leadership of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n

The progressive influencer also got indicted on federal charges late last year related to an incident in which agitators allegedly attacked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle outside a Chicago suburb holding facility.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fine, who is supported by groups linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), said she would back Jeffries. She was the most moderate of the three front-runners.<\/p>\n

Biss did not weigh in. He was the only candidate backed by Schakowsky in the race.<\/p>\n

Before becoming mayor of the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Biss ran for governor but lost his primary to Illinois’ current leader, Gov. JB Pritzker.<\/p>\n

The 9th Congressional District includes part of Chicago and its northern suburbs and is rated D+19 by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n

The winner of Tuesday night’s primary was all but assured<\/a> to win the general election in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Far-left social media influencer and former Media Matters journalist Kat Abughazaleh has lost her bid to replace a longtime House Democrat in Illinois. Abughazaleh was one of 15 people running in a crowded primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is retiring after nearly 30 years in Congress. She lost to Daniel Biss, the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}