

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plans to campaign for Iowa Senate candidate Zach Wahls this month, adding firepower to a raging battle between progressive outsider candidates and the Democratic Party establishment.Wahls, a state senator, is pitted against state Rep. Josh Turek, whom many perceive as the favorite of Democratic leaders in Washington, in the June 2 primary. The winner will take on Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson in what promises to be a closely watched race in the fight for control of the Senate."Zach Wahls is running to shake things up," Warren said in a statement announcing her May 10 visit to a Wahls rally in Des Moines. "He's taking on a corrupt system that's rigged against working families; a system where giant corporations, their lobbyists, and their super PACs funnel millions to candidates like Ashley Hinson, so those politicians let them jack up prices on groceries, prescriptions drugs, and the basics Iowans need to get by."Warren, who had already endorsed Wahls, announced her trip to the state Friday morning, one day after an establishment favorite, Gov. Janet Mills, dropped out of a heated Maine Democratic Senate primary. Mills' decision to suspend her campaign all but ensures that Graham Platner, an oyster
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