The Working Families Party, a liberal organization founded in New York, endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president on Monday, offering a fresh glimpse into an emerging primary season divide on the progressive left.
Warren won the WFP’s support through an online vote, earning nearly 61% support from a combination of the party’s members, supporters and national committee. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who was endorsed by the WFP ahead of the 2016 primary with 87% of the vote, scored only 35.8% this time around.
The nearly 2-to-1 margin of defeat will sting Sanders supporters and further embolden Warren, as she seeks to edge out her colleague and ideological ally as the leading progressive primary choice — and stake her claim as the top Democratic challenger to moderate former Vice President Joe Biden.
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