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'That Hurt': Daniel Biss on AIPAC's Attacks & His Family History (Bliss, the Evanston mayor, won the IL-09 Dem primary)
Daniel Biss joined Lauren Egan to discuss his win in a crowded Democratic primary for Illinois' 9th Congressional District. AIPAC spent more than $7 million trying to stop him (my add: and Kat Abughazaleh).
Biss, whose mother is Israeli and whose grandparents are Holocaust survivors, opens up about what it felt like to be personally targeted and why he believes those attacks backfired.
He also breaks down the strategy behind his campaign, taking on outside money head-on, defining the race early, and turning a flood of spending into a liability for his opponents.