Socialists cheer ‘shockwave’ primary night as DSA-backed candidates win, advance across the map
The Democratic Party’s socialist wing is taking a victory lap after more than a dozen Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, backed candidates won or are expected to advance in...
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The Democratic Party’s socialist wing is taking a victory lap after more than a dozen Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, backed candidates won or are expected to advance in primaries across five states, casting the results as proof of momentum, despite party leaders urging Democrats to stay focused on electability ahead of the midterms. Tuesday's primaries produced outright wins, apparent victories and runoff advancements for more than a dozen candidates linked to or backed by the DSA, including candidates for Congress, state legislatures, and local offices such as mayor and city council. One of the biggest victories came in Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, where Chris Rabb, a sitting state representative and self-identified democratic socialist, won the Democratic primary . Rabb is running unopposed in the November general election, which will lead him to becoming DSA’s second nationally endorsed member of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the organization. DSA’s election night live blog described the results for its "ambitious slate of candidates" as "rosy," adding, "There is a new Democratic Socialist in Congress," following Rabb's primary win since he will be running unopposed. DEMOCRATIC-SOCIALIST NOMINEE EYEING NJ GOVERNOR'S VACANT HOUSE SEAT COMPARES ICE TO 1960S SEGREGATIONISTS "There’s dissatisfaction with the establishment," Mustafa Rashed, a Philadelphia-based political strategist, told WHYY News, the primary NPR-affiliate in the area. "[Voters] want someone different and if you can unapologetically present yourself as an outsider, as someone that’s going to give you a different outcome, I think people will be receptive to that message and respond to it. And I think that’s what happened." "What this means is that there’s potential for a new working-class alignment of voters… [who are] saying the same thing to the political establishment and the political machine in both the Republican and Democratic Party," Maurice Mitchell…