A moderate Democrat backed by Hillary Clinton won an Ohio House primary race Tuesday night in a contest that turned into a war among the center and progressive wings of the party.
Shontel Brown, who ran as a candidate who would support President Joe Biden, defeated Nina Turner, a progressive favorite endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
NBC News has called the race.
Brown also had the support of Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Democratic kingmaker whose endorsement gave Biden a victory in South Carolina's presidential primary, thus saving his White House bid.
She will face Republican Laverne Gore in the November election. The Democrat is favored to win.
The primary battle in Ohio's 11th Congressional district became nasty as Democrats battled over who would replace Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge, who Biden named as his housing secretary.
The two special House elections in Ohio on Tuesday tested both political parties: Donald Trump's sway on the Republican Party and the moderate and liberal divisions among Democrats.
Shontel Brown, backed by Hillary Clinton and Rep. Jim Clyburn, beat a progressive favorite to win a crowded Democratic primary in an Ohio House race
Democrats were at war in the primary in the 11th Congressional district - Bernie Sanders endorsed Nina Turner, a progressive favorite
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has also endorsed Turner and campaigned for her in Cleveland last month
Brown and Turner emerged as the leading contenders among 13 Democrats running in the 11th district.
Big name Democrats flooded the district as the primary winner is expected to be the victor in the November general election.
Clyburn was in to campaign for Brown while Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez stumped for Turner.
Brown, a member Cuyahoga County Council, has touted her support for Biden and his agenda.
Turner is a former state senator and a leading Sanders supporter. She already has a national profile among progressives, who see her as a needed force in Washington D.C. to counter Biden's more moderate tendencies.
Sanders, campaigning for her on Saturday, said: 'I would have come (to the district) because Nina is a close personal friend of mine and somebody I admire. But the real reason I am here is that we desperately need her in the U.S. Congress.'
The Democratic contest got nasty.
Turner ran a commercial questions Brown's ethics and ends with the image of a jail door slamming.
Brown touted Turner as too much of an outsider and too critical of Biden to accomplish anything in Congress.
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