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But there could still be one major obstacle standing in the way of the party enacting a bottled-up progressive agenda: Democratic Senate Minority Leader Dick Saslaw, a 39-year incumbent with a corporate-friendly voting record and close ties to the states dominant power company. As long as Saslaw remains the partys Senate boss, little can get done without his acquiescence. But for the first time since he was elected senator, hes facing a primary challenge.\n\nSaslaw has stymied progressive efforts to push an anti-corporate agenda in the state, voting against bills that would lead to substantive regulation of the states two electric monopolies, and speaking out against campaign finance reform and increased ethics and transparency regulations. 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