Progressives plan wave of Democratic primary challenges ahead of 2026 midterm elections
SalonAs a power struggle engulfs the Democratic Party, a leading progressive organization, the Justice Democrats, announced a new candidate recruitment campaign targeting both open seats and incumbents and deep-blue congressional districts. The Justice Democrats launched during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in 2017 and initially garnered attention for helping to elect members of the “Squad,” like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in the 2018 midterms. Indeed, the group emerged as an antagonist of entrenched centrist Democratic leadership by primarying members like former Rep. Joe Crowley, the then-chair of the House Democratic Caucus, in the Bronx district now represented by Ocasio-Cortez. Our mission is clear: we must usher in a new generation in the Democratic Party, led for and by the working class, to take on billionaires and corporate power,” Rojas said.
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