All eyes were on Maryland for the high-stakes Democratic primary, where Angela Alsobrooks secured the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat. At the center of this primary was the notion of electability. Conventional understanding of electability is the idea that the most electable people, those likeliest to win, are the candidates with the most money, or who look the most like the ones we’ve always elected. (Photo: Photo by William J. Ford)