DSA-Backed Candidates Win 12-Plus Primaries Across 5 States as Democrats Debate Electability
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Updated · Fox News · May 24
DSA-Backed Candidates Win 12-Plus Primaries Across 5 States as Democrats Debate Electability
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 24
More than a dozen DSA-backed candidates won, appeared to win or advanced to runoffs in Tuesday primaries across five states, giving the socialist wing fresh evidence of momentum ahead of the midterms.
Pennsylvania delivered the marquee result: state Rep. Chris Rabb won the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District and, running unopposed in November, is set to become the DSA’s second nationally endorsed House member.
Philadelphia strategists and Working Families Party leaders said voter frustration with the political establishment and appetite for outsider candidates helped drive the gains, with some progressives calling Rabb’s victory a national "shockwave."
The wins land days after the DNC’s delayed 2024 postmortem warned Democrats to stress affordability, public safety and candidate quality, reflecting party leaders’ concern that ideological primary fights could hurt general-election prospects.
DSA called May’s results only the start, pointing to 27 endorsed candidates on June primary ballots as progressives argue the energy behind New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani can spread beyond New York.
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