Sanders as Front-Runner Raises Democratic Jitters in Congress
- Muddled primary race has some moderates warning of 2020 risk
- Party’s House control depends on hanging on to swing-districts
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The muddled Democratic presidential contest is raising jitters among some in the party that their House majority and chances of taking the Senate could be at risk in 2020.
The rise of Bernie Sanders to the top after the New Hampshire primary and the Iowa caucuses, and him supplanting former Vice President Joe Biden as front-runner in national polls, has particularly unsettled some of the Democrats running in heavily Republican areas.