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Dem Divisions in California Complicate Party Hopes for Gains

Democrats are at war with themselves in California, where restless activists are challenging party leaders to resist all things President Donald Trump and move further left on health care, the minimum wage and populist issues.

“People are saying, ‘why are you fighting Democrats, you really should be fighting Republicans?’ In California, that’s not the case,” said Eddie Kurtz, president of the liberal group The Courage Campaign.