From Demo­c­ra­t­ic insid­er to par­ty exile: Lindy Li isn’t rul­ing out anoth­er run for Con­gress

Before rais­ing mil­lions of cam­paign dol­lars for Joe Biden and Kamala Har­ris or break­ing ranks with the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty to pub­lish a tell-all polit­i­cal mem­oir, Lindy Li was try­ing to build a polit­i­cal career from the candidate’s podium.“I just knew,” Li said.“I knew that I was sup­posed to run for Con­gress. But I didn’t know I was sup­posed to do it at twen­ty-four years old.“In the lead-up to the 2024 elec­tion, that ambi­tion crashed head­long into life­long con­vic­tions about loy­al­ty and stretched them to a break­ing point. Li’s sta­tus as a top Demo­c­ra­t­ic fundrais­er would soon crum­ble as she switched her par­ty …