Civil war among Democrats as ‘mini-Momentums’ seek to shove party leftwards

On a clear, bright morning in Chicago, Marie Newman lists all the ways seven-term congressman Dan Lipinski has failed the city.

“This guy has been getting away with horrible, dangerous views and votes for 13 years,” she said in her campaign headquarters.

“He’s done absolutely nothing for working families. He’s on a mission against women for sure … He is anti-immigrant on every front."

Such fierce attacks are not unusual between political opponents. The difference is both these candidates are from the same party: the Democrats.

Mrs Newman, a 53-year-old businesswoman, has entered politics for the first time not just to try and unseat Mr Lipinski, who represents Illinois’s 3rd congressional district…

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