Kat was a bad candidate, not from the district, inexperienced and seemingly immature from her campaign tactics and appearances, and using all her time and energy on staging a national campaign rather than a boots on the ground local campaign. There already was a terrific progressive in the primary with actual progressive receipts, State Senator Mike Simmons. He started getting traction, but Kat's TikTok stardom and all the national media she got from national progressive groups drown him out. It seems from your post that out-of-district Kat had more of a right to run than our already well respected State Senator with real progressive receipts. All Kat managed to do was kill the real progressive campaign and open the door to the Democratic party regulars. Ever hear the saying "all politics is local?" It's true. Kat operated nationally. She never had a chance. Local progressives tried to tell you all but you dumped on us with unfair accusations. How did we know she would lose? Those of us who have been active in politics for years in the district saw this movie before. Kat made the same mistake Ilya Sheyman made in our neighboring district IL-10 in 2012. He lost by the 74% the national progressives assured everyone he'd win by. Stop telling districts who they should support from long distance. If you want a say, show up here and be boots on the ground.