Full List of Socialists Who Ran for Office: Biggest Winners and Losers
Summary
Democratic Socialists of America members or candidates backed by the group won eight races, according to the article’s preliminary results. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also won reelection, and the article says the number of DSA members in Congress will more than triple when the new Congress takes office in January.Key Facts
- Eight candidates who were DSA members or backed by the organization won their races, according to preliminary results.
- Sitting DSA members Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York won reelection.
- Darializa Avila Chevalier won New York’s 13th Congressional District with 87.5 percent of the vote, with 92 percent counted.
- Donavan McKinney won Michigan’s 13th Congressional District with 75.6 percent of the vote, with 64 percent counted.
- Claire Valdez won New York’s 7th Congressional District with 83.3 percent of the vote, with 85 percent counted.
- Melat Kiros won Colorado’s 1st Congressional District; with 69 percent counted, she had 78.3 percent of the vote.
- The article says several winners defeated establishment Democrats in primaries before winning districts that it describes as safely Democratic.
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