2026 Midterms — DSA Makes History
From coast to coast, American voters have emphatically endorsed socialism to oppose the corruption and barbarism of Donald Trump and the Republicans. They are ready to replace oligarchy and imperialism with Medicare for All, an arms embargo of Israel, and the abolition of ICE. With the largest number of socialists in Congress in U.S. history, we are ready to make their demands a reality.
Our five nationally-endorsed candidates will ensure that the 120th United States Congress will have the largest bloc of socialists in Congress in its history. We are delighted to congratulate them on their historic election. From Detroit to Denver, our members organized their working class neighbors to vote for working class champions who will fight Donald Trump’s fascism with our socialism.
This midterm cycle, DSA made history. Over 130 DSA chapters in 43 states supported socialist candidates and ballot measures all across the country, and won. We are poised to win at least 105 seats in elected office and ballot measures that demonstrate Americans’ desire for socialism nationwide. DSA has quadrupled our presence in the halls of Congress, sending a socialist bloc to DC that will fight to put people over profits.
Our candidates come from the working class, and they will fight for the working class. They are groundbreakers like Jaelynn Scott, who will become Washington’s first transgender state legislator. They are union organizers like Robert LeVertis Bell, who is Kentucky’s first elected socialist in state government since the 19th Century. They are relentless advocates for an end to the genocide in Palestine, like Congresswoman Rashida Talib.
Theirs were amongst the more than 300 candidacies and ballot measures that DSA ran nationwide. They inspired thousands of working class Americans to join DSA and organize around the demands of our Workers Deserve More platform. With over 130,000 members, we’re the largest socialist organization the United States has seen since the 1910s – and we’re growing every day.
Our members in office and the members who organized to elect them represent a core constituency to a potential socialist victory in 2028. Any politician that gives into the right wing’s campaign of anti-socialism risks keeping our country in the hands of fascists. We will continue to organize relentlessly for the abolition of ICE and the end of the genocide.
We are excited to lead the fight for working class issues by winning Medicare for All, an arms embargo of Israel, and the abolition of ICE. We will fight side-by-side with organized labor and community activists to achieve these goals. We all have a collective responsibility to resist and defeat Trump, his corrupt cabinet, the oligarchs that fund them, the Congress members who enable them, and the governors who mimic them.
We extend an invitation to all Americans ready to reject the complacent center and the fascist right to join us in the fight. Join DSA.