In so many ways, this week’s special Democratic primary in Ohio felt like a bittersweet recurrence of the Bernie Sanders campaigns. The left candidate, Nina Turner, gained national prominence as Bernie’s most compelling surrogate; in the closing weeks of the race, former Sanders allies from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Cornel West gathered in Cleveland to boost her campaign.

Turner’s opponent, Shontel Brown, won endorsements from Hillary Clinton, South Carolina representative Jim Clyburn, and the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. In the last month, centrist groups like Third Way and Democratic Majority for Israel spent millions on a TV air war against Turner, mostly focusing on her criticism of Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders.

The battle lines were familiar. When the results came in Tuesday night, the outcome was familiar, too, with Brown winning by six points. The Democratic establishment, the donor class, and their media acolytes could take another victory lap. The post-election takes were familiar, too: “Nina Turner’s loss in Ohio means Biden doesn’t need to keep caving to the left,” declared James Hohmann in the Washington Post, following a script in continual use since Hillary beat Bernie on Super Tuesday 2016.