Heated congressional primary in Ohio a battle between Democrats’ establishment, progressive wings

It was a brief truce amid a nasty campaign fight between the two leading candidates in a congressional special election Democratic primary in northern Ohio that’s turned into proxy battle between the party’s establishment and progressive wings.

Nina Turner, a former state senator and a top surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and Cuyahoga County councilwoman Shontel Brown shook hands as the joined together on stage at a predominantly Black megachurch in suburban Cleveland.

The brief moment of peace came two days before Tuesday’s primary election in the special election in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District,...