Bernie Sanders endorses Marie Newman in fight for Dan Lipinski seat: Big boost

CHICAGO NEWS 03/08/2018, 08:12am


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Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Marie Newman in her battle to defeat Rep. Dan Lipinski D-Ill., an expected boost that could help turnout the Democratic progressives she needs in the March 20 primary.

The Newman/Lipinski contest for the third congressional district will be a test of the political power of newly energized progressive Democrats on city/southwest suburban political turf anchored by a cluster of old-style remnants of Democratic machine wards on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

The Sanders boost comes as early voting has already started in Illinois. It’s not known yet if he will visit the district to rally voters, cut commercials for her, help her fundraise or do robo calls.

When I talked to Sanders last month he signaled his backing of Newman was on the way. He told me the door was “absolutely” open to an endorsement. He his 2018 goal is“to do everything I can to elect progressive members to Congress.”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bernie-sanders-endorses-marie-newman-in-fight-for-dan-lipinski-seat/