Dem establishment strikes back as longtime incumbent fends off progressive challenger

The Democratic establishment won a key battle in the left's ongoing civil war with its socialist insurgency on Saturday.

Longtime Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, won his primary bid to seek another term in the House of Representatives, defeating progressive state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole.

Case, who served in Congress from 2002 to 2007 and then won again in 2018, faced his toughest primary challenge yet this year. It comes amid a wider showdown between the Democratic establishment and its far-left...