MAY 2026 – Michelle Goldberg of the NYT earlier this month did some original reporting on Maureen Galindo, a Texas congressional candidate with a history of antisemitism. Goldberg expressed alarm that the Texas Democrat was getting support from shadowy PACs, including those seeking to weaken the chances of the Democratic candidate. After Goldberg’s piece was published on May 11 some public officials began taking back their endorsement of Galindo. And two weeks later she lost in a runoff to a more moderate candidate, Johnny Garcia. Garcia won by nearly a 2-1 margin. Goldberg’s column has been cited as a factor in the race.
The problem of a party funding an opposing party’s extremist candidate in a primary has become not uncommon – and it is more proof, along with forced re-districting, that the two-party system is no longer interested in bi-partisan governing.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/26/politics/maureen-galindo-texas-israel-democrats
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/maureen-galindo-antisemitic-conspiracies.html