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All of the mayor’s endorsed candidates won last week. His ability to reshape New York City’s political landscape shows what happens when a socialist takes executive power. His clean sweep offers a glimpse of how a leader can reshape an entire party—

DSA’s and Mayor Mamdani’s candidates rocked establishment incumbents backed by unions and political bigwigs. In most cases it wasn’t even close. You don’t always win, but when you do? “People carry that with them for the rest of their lives.”

The Democratic establishment has made some huge mistakes—but progressives are running savvier campaigns than they used to. The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is alive again, with progressives winning key primaries around the country

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Democrats try to figure it out in real time, on the world stage in Munich. And, center stage was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman from New York, along with Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic governor of Michigan.

Be excited about Zohran, but sober about our movement's shallow roots. The big question now is whether we will be able to lean on that hope to rebuild a powerful working-class movement in workplaces and neighborhoods across our city and nation.

The progressive party is now active in 18 states and much of its expansion happened in the past five years. The party believes 2026 will be a wave year for the left nationwide, so it will be aggressively recruiting candidates for state legislatures