Inside the growing firestorm over House Democrats' meddling in their own primaries

According to Axios, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is betting two hundred thousand dollars that its endorsement will help Marlene Galán-Woods win Arizona's first district primary. But that bet may be backfiring. The DCCC's track record this cycle is spotty—candidates they endorsed in California and Maine both lost. Some House Democrats now question whether a DCCC endorsement actually hurts in today's anti-establishment climate. The Arizona push against Amish Shah, the party's twenty twenty-four nominee, has sparked internal frustration over whether DC insiders should be picking primary winners.

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