{"id":2653493,"date":"2026-09-02T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-endorsed-dan-koh-wins-divided-democratic-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:47:41","slug":"biden-endorsed-dan-koh-wins-divided-democratic-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-endorsed-dan-koh-wins-divided-democratic-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden-endorsed Dan Koh wins divided Democratic primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-endorsed-dan-koh-wins-divided-democratic-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dan Koh, a former aide to President Joe Biden, won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts\u2019s 6th Congressional District to succeed Seth Moulton. Koh secured 41.1% of the vote, defeating five other candidates, with Tram Nguyen coming in second.During his victory speech,Koh highlighted his family\u2019s immigrant history and appreciation for his family\u2019s resilience. He has an extensive background in politics,including roles as a Boston mayoral aide and White House staff member.Koh emphasized his ties to the Biden management, receiving endorsements from both Biden and Kamala Harris-the only House candidate in this cycle to do so from both leaders. Biden also endorsed Koh publicly and recorded a supportive call urging voters to back him. The seat became open after Moulton\u2019s Senate bid, and Koh will face Republican Micah Jones in the upcoming general election. Massachusetts continues to see competitive primaries,including a generational contest in another district.Koh is widely favored to win in this heavily Democratic district in November.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan Koh, a former top aide to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a>, won a crowded Democratic primary Tuesday to succeed Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seth-moulton\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3866\">Seth Moulton<\/a> (D-MA) in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/massachusetts\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"344\">Massachusetts\u2019s<\/a> 6th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Koh received 41.1% of the vote when the <em>Associated Press<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/massachusetts-primary-results-us-house\/#6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/massachusetts-primary-results-us-house\/#6\">called the race<\/a>, defeating five other candidates. Tram Nguyen finished second with 29.5%, while the remaining four candidates each received less than 15%.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4709310\/biden-endorsed-dan-koh-wins-massachusetts-democratic-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Biden-endorsed Dan Koh wins divided Democratic primary to succeed Seth Moulton<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4708146\/gop-anxiety-trump-midterm-money-too-late\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP anxiety grows that Trump midterm money will be spent too late \u2014 or not at all<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4709133\/ed-markeys-big-primary-win-shows-democrats-choose-leftism-over-youth\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ed Markey\u2019s big primary win shows Democrats choose leftism over youth<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his victory speech, Koh reflected on his family\u2019s history, noting that his family came to the United States from Lebanon, while his grandmother on his father\u2019s side fled North Korea as a refugee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that tonight, I stand on their shoulders,\u201d Koh told supporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Koh has built a lengthy resume in state and national politics. He previously served as a selectman in Andover, Massachusetts, and narrowly lost the Democratic primary for an open House seat to Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) in 2018 for the state\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later served as chief of staff to former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, following Walsh to Washington when Biden tapped him to lead the Labor Department. Koh was then deputy director of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"125\">White House<\/a> Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Koh also embraced his ties to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"445\">Biden administration<\/a> throughout the campaign, while many Democrats have sought to move beyond the Biden years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the only House candidate in this election cycle to receive endorsements from both Biden and former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"748\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. Biden has endorsed only one other House candidate: Nikki Gronli, a former Agriculture Department official in his administration who won the Democratic primary in South Dakota\u2019s at-large congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Koh repeatedly highlighted Biden\u2019s endorsement in his campaign messaging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis campaign is about building the kind of coalition that can actually deliver for working families,\u201d Koh said in a campaign ad that ran last week. \u201cPresident Biden, Vice President Harris, the AFL-CIO, and Democratic leaders across this district aren\u2019t just endorsing a candidate; they\u2019re backing a fight to take on Trump\u2019s corruption and bring down costs for the people who sent us here to fight for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His campaign also released a phone call from Biden in May in which the former president urged voters to support Koh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou will be one heck of a congressman,\u201d Biden said. \u201cEverything you and I fought for, everything we did to help ordinary people, is in jeopardy now in this administration, so we got to get you elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 6th District seat opened after Moulton announced that he would challenge 80-year-old Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ed-markey\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2069\">Ed Markey<\/a> (D-MA) in the Democratic primary for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a>, framing his campaign around the need for generational change. Moulton ultimately lost to Markey, who retained the Democratic nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House contest comes amid an unusually competitive election cycle for incumbents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4677479\/democratic-party-big-tent-messaging-ideological-differences-2026-elections\/\">DEMOCRATS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF PARTY ALL RALLY BEHIND \u2018BIG TENT\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bay State has also seen a generational contest in another Democratic primary. Rep. Stephen Lynch, 71, a former ironworker and senior member of the House Oversight Committee, fended off a younger progressive challenger in the state\u2019s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Koh will now face Republican Micah Jones, an Army veteran and lawyer who ran unopposed in the GOP primary, in November. The 6th District leans heavily Democratic, making Koh the clear favorite to win the seat in deep-blue Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Koh wins MA 6th District primary, succeeds Seth Moulton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2653494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26243689686642.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35790,85000,32807,36959],"class_list":["post-2653493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-endorsement","tag-dan-koh","tag-democratic-primary","tag-political-victory"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26243689686642.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2653496,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653493\/revisions\/2653496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}