Are the Democrats moving to the left? | BBC News

The Democrats almost certainly need to win the US Senate race in Michigan if they are to take control of Congress in November's midterm elections but picking a candidate is exposing a stark choice for the party.

Next week party members in the state will decide between a left wing candidate backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and a centrist candidate backed by establishment Democrats like Gretchen Whitmer. It's opened up a debate about whether the success of other progressive candidates like Zohran Mamdani could be replicated across the country as the Democrats build a strategy to take on the Republicans at the midterms and beyond.

Just how important is the race in Michigan for the Democrats, and will the outcome have an outsized role in deciding how they approach the 2028 presidential election?

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