WASHINGTONPOST (Ben Binday) - Democrats abandon deep-red state Senate races, boosting independents
Democratic Senate nominees in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota dropped out, clearing the way for independents. But Alani Bankhead in Montana declined to join them.
AI:Democratic Senate nominees in Nebraska, Idaho, and South Dakota have officially dropped out of their races, a move that signals a total surrender of these deep-red territories to independent challengers. While Montana's Alani Bankhead has refused to abandon her campaign, the mass exodus across other states highlights the Democratic Party's growing inability to field viable candidates in much of the country, effectively handing momentum to independents as the party establishment concedes ground.Open