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A contentious primary in Florida’s 20th congressional district has shined a spotlight on the massive split in today’s Democratic Party and has put Black voters there in a dilemma. After Florida recently changed its congressional maps, long-time Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz decided to run for reelection in newly drawn district 20 that had long tied its roots to being one of the original majority-Black districts created after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
It’s impossible to ignore the racial optics in the race, where Wasserman Schultz of Jewish heritage has created a conundrum for Democrats. Her very presence in the race challenges the most fundamental assumption about Democratic politics: that ethnic representation translates into beneficial policies.
Following the logic of traditional Black Democrats, a Wasserman Schultz victory spells doom for Black political power. Wasserman Schultz sees her work as essential to the interests of the Democratic Party and brought in big guns to prove it.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Kan., a past CBC chair and friend going back 20 years, campaigned for her in the district and called it a “tough situation.”
Republicans understand that ethnicity should have no bearing on whether a candidate will support policies that promote a strong housing market, robust economic opportunity, quality health care and educational empowerment.
Florida and Michigan are ground zero where Blacks and Jews alike must decide whether Democrats represent their best political interests.
Political polls of the 2026 midterms are all over the map as voters are unsure of what to believe and nervous about which road to take for the future of themselves and our country.
Wasserman Schultz in the Florida 20th has done us all a favor to take ethnicity off the table for both Black and Jewish voters to sort this out.
If 2026 midterm candidates are evaluated on the merits of their ideas, instead of their ethnicity or traditional party affiliation, then Republicans have a great shot to keep control of Congress.
The GOP has just under 80 days to make the case that it is their party with ideas and policies to build a more affordable and peaceful America.
The progressive DSA wing of the Democratic Party has offered a rare opportunity for Republicans to step out with compelling solutions to the challenges so many Americans are facing today.