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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.”

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Tuesday's socialist sweep in New York was built on the organizing power of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has now established itself as the leading political power in the city.

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Janeese Lewis George, a member of DSA since 2018, will become the first democratic socialist elected to lead the nation's capital.

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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“I think the question is, why has D.S.A. been able to build a really durable organization over the last decade? What Tascha brought was a sensibility about how to treat people and how to relate to people that is now built into the DNA of D.S.A.”