Politics & Poker: Eternal Primary Debate — Are They Good or Bad?
- By Josh Kurtz
- Roll Call Staff
- June 23, 2009, Midnight
A couple of weeks after persuading Rep. Steve Israel (D) not to challenge appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) because he worried that a bloody primary would hurt the Democrats’ ability to hold on to the New York Senate seat, President Barack Obama sent a letter to his Virginia supporters on behalf of Creigh Deeds, the new Democratic gubernatorial nominee in the Old Dominion.
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