MA-1: Morse accused of inappropriate sexual relations with college students

[LtNOWIS]

So gross. This will discourage young, gay progressives from running for office in the future. But I look forward to all the cis-het red avatars lecturing me about how the Democrats, who spent the 2000s throwing us under the bus, are the LGBTQ+ party...

All the incumbents won in Massachusetts. It's a state full of establishment Dems who don't want to throw out incumbents who haven't had serious screw-ups.

That being said, there may well be unconscious bias against unmarried gays. A Buttigieg type person who is in a TV-friendly marriage might fare better.

[LtNOWIS]

I would have voted for Neal, as a centrist. But the accusations against Morse now strike me as totally bogus, ginned up by College Dems who were acting in bad faith. That's not good for actual victims of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Massachusetts has had two successful House primary challenges in the last decade (Moulton and Pressley)

You're right that I wasn't thinking about the Pressley/Capuano race a couple years ago, which is amazing since I was following that race and had family vote in it.

But there are some instructive differences, as Pressley had national left wing support, and a fair amount of local establishment support from Maura Healey, various newspapers, and other Massachusetts politicians.