If Democrats fail to support and invest in Black candidates, grassroots leaders and voters the party will fall drastically short in the upcoming midterms and risk losing the advancements made since
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Marquita Bradshaw was the only Black woman to win a U.S. Senate primary this cycle. She lost the general election for a Tennessee Senate seat. Mark Humphrey/AP
On the day that California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Kamala Harris replacement in the U.S. Senate, Molly Watson jumped on a call with other organizers and the two Black women in Congress whom they had urged Newsom to appoint to the seat instead.
It was an emotional conversation, in which Watson said she struggled to hold back tears. It cut pretty deep knowing that we were going to be fully erased from the Senate, said Watson, of the progressive group Courage California.
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Marquita Bradshaw was the only Black woman to win a U.S. Senate primary this cycle. She lost the general election for a Tennessee Senate seat.
On the day that California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Kamala Harris replacement in the U.S. Senate, Molly Watson jumped on a call with other organizers and the two Black women in Congress whom they had urged Newsom to appoint to the seat instead.
It was an emotional conversation, in which Watson said she struggled to hold back tears. It cut pretty deep knowing that we were going to be fully erased from the Senate, said Watson, of the progressive group Courage California.