Katherine Clark, No. 2 House Democrat, Gets Progressive Primary Challenger

Second Highest Ranking House Democrat Faces Primary Challenger

Jonathan Paz, a former city councilor for Waltham, Massachusetts, and founder of Fuerza, a group that supports illegal immigrants during Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, announced he is running in the Democratic primary for the state’s Fifth Congressional District, challenging Rep. Katherine Clark, the House Democratic whip and the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber. Paz’s campaign framed the bid as a generational and message-foc…

Second-highest-ranking House Democrat faces primary challenge from party's left flank

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark becomes the highest-ranking Democrat to face a primary challenge as the party seeks to regain a House majority in the midterms.

Powerful House Democrat To Face Primary Challenge * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), who is the second-highest-ranked House Democrat, will get a primary challenge in the 2026 midterm elections. Clark is the House Minority Whip and is only behind House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in the party’s ranking order. Jonathan Paz, a former city council member from Waltham, Massachusetts, will challenge Clark. “I’m running for Congress to put power back in your hands. Working families deserve t…

No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark gets primary challenger

The Mamdani Mob Comes for Democrat Leadership

The far-left Mamdani wing of the Democrat Party is nowhere near finished with its hostile takeover. Democrat Whip Katherine Clark, who by no means is considered a moderate, has drawn a primary challenger from the left. Her primary challenger, Jonathan Paz, asserted their party leaders are “failing” and “not building a party for the working class,” proving the radical base won’t stop until it fully controls the party. “In today’s Democrat Party, …

Katherine Clark, No. 2 House Democrat, gets progressive primary challenger

Progressive former Waltham City Councilor Jonathan Paz announced Monday that he’s challenging House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) for her seat.  “I’m challenging one of the most powerful Democrats in the House, because we need new leadership,” Paz said in a roughly two-minute ad. “Let’s just call it what it is: Our Democratic leaders are failing us.”  Paz founded two organizations supporting…