Jeffries and Schumer have plenty of critics – but no challengers: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.

In today’s edition, Jonathan Allen explains why Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer don’t appear to be in much danger of losing their Democratic leadership bids. Plus, Henry J. Gomez has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how Amy Acton overcame Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial ad in the Ohio governor’s race.

Rep.-elect Bob Brooks, D-Pa., was one of a handful of so-called Bernie-Dog Democrats — endorsed by both democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the House’s moderate Blue Dog Coalition — on the ballot this November.

I traveled to his district in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley in August as part of a reporting trip to eight swing districts across five states — a venture that revealed the disillusionment of MAGA voters and the anger of Democrats heading into the midterms before ballots were cast.

At the polls, that anger was focused on voting Republicans out of Congress, and Brooks won by more than 12 points in a district that leaned marginally toward the GOP before. But some Democrats are also furious at…

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