Incumbents in both parties are falling in primaries — but for very different reasons

Trump’s tight grip on the GOP has upended his party’s nomination fights, while Democratic members of Congress are navigating generational divides and redistricting.

More members of Congress have lost primaries in the last three months than in all of 2024. And there’s reason to believe it could get worse for entrenched incumbents.

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