Progressive Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence won the Democratic primary to take on GOP Rep. Tom Barrett in a battleground Michigan House race.
His general election campaign will be one of the biggest tests for whether progressives can win in purple territory: President Donald Trump won the Lansing-based district by just one percentage point in 2024.
In Lawrence, Republicans got their preferred opponent in November. A GOP-linked group spent heavily on last-minute ads to elevate his candidacy, as Republicans continue to prefer further-left candidates that they can cast as out of touch with the mainstream.
Lawrence spent much of the primary attacking data center development, and he was bolstered by...
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