YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - NJ Rep. Mejia launches super PAC to back progressives
New Jersey Rep. Mejia launches super PAC to back progressives.
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Scoop: Rep. Analilia Mejia launches super PAC to fund more progressive upsets
After winning an upset primary victory over a field of better-funded, establishment-backed rivals, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) is launching a super PAC to help other progressive underdogs do the same, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Mejia is adding to a growing constellation of new progressive super PACs trying to compete with cash-rich groups like AIPAC that back more moderate Democrats in primaries. - It is all part of a strategy that has helped the left pull off a series of high-profile primary victories this election cycle over incumbents and establishment favorites. - "We're ready to build a new class of unbought, unbossed candidates who will refuse corporate PAC money, and will stand for the values that the American people…
After winning an upset primary victory over a field of better-funded, establishment-backed rivals, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) is launching a super PAC to help other progressive underdogs do the same, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Mejia is adding to a growing constellation of new progressive super PACs trying to compete with cash-rich groups like AIPAC that back more moderate Democrats in primaries. - It is all part of a strategy that has helped the left pull off a series of high-profile primary victories this election cycle over incumbents and establishment favorites. - "We're ready to build a new class of unbought, unbossed candidates who will refuse corporate PAC money, and will stand for the values that the American people…Open
NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner) - In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries
At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.
ABCNEWS - Divergent Dem results in Florida give the party another 2028 proving ground: ANALYSIS
Progressive Nixon outworked well-funded Vindman and scored a major upset.
NYTIMES (Nate Cohn) - Could El-Sayed Cost Democrats Michigan?
Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don’t perform as well as other Democrats.
NYTIMES (Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck) - Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment?
A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations.
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - AI scrambles the political map
The search for a winning message on AI is pushing candidates and lawmakers into unexpected political territory. Why it matters: With the midterms approaching, AI is creating alliances across party lines while opening fissures within them. Here are three ways AI is scrambling the political map. 1. Centrist Democrats versus progressives on data centers New York made waves as the first state to impose a data center moratorium — a product of Gov. Kathy Hochul joining forces with progressive state Sen. Kristen Gonzalez. But the two policymakers are just getting started on reconciling their differing approaches to AI. - Gonzalez previously advocated for a three-year moratorium and is working to extend the one-year pause in Hochul's…
The search for a winning message on AI is pushing candidates and lawmakers into unexpected political territory. Why it matters: With the midterms approaching, AI is creating alliances across party lines while opening fissures within them. Here are three ways AI is scrambling the political map. 1. Centrist Democrats versus progressives on data centers New York made waves as the first state to impose a data center moratorium — a product of Gov. Kathy Hochul joining forces with progressive state Sen. Kristen Gonzalez. But the two policymakers are just getting started on reconciling their differing approaches to AI. - Gonzalez previously advocated for a three-year moratorium and is working to extend the one-year pause in Hochul's…Open
NYTIMES (Emily Davies and Kellen Browning) - Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Sparks New Disagreements Within Democratic Party
Some Democrats said the outcome showed that the moderate wing of the party carried more electoral weight, while Ms. Hong’s strong showing gave some progressives hope.
AXIOS (Holly Otterbein) - Bernie's revolution gets a test run for 2028 in Michigan and Wisconsin
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Progressive insurgents Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed want to shake up the next race for the White House — a notion that will likely petrify many top Democrats. Why it matters: They aren't running for president — they're vying for statewide office this year in presidential battlegrounds, and their campaigns are closely watched tests of the Bernie Sanders–style populism they want their party to embrace in 2028 . - It's a question that has haunted Democrats for a decade: Is America ready for a full-on left turn in politics, like what Sanders pitched when he ran for president in 2016 ? - The prospect worries many old-guard Democrats who fear Hong and El-Sayed can't win a November general election. Driving the…
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Progressive insurgents Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed want to shake up the next race for the White House — a notion that will likely petrify many top Democrats. Why it matters: They aren't running for president — they're vying for statewide office this year in presidential battlegrounds, and their campaigns are closely watched tests of the Bernie Sanders–style populism they want their party to embrace in 2028 . - It's a question that has haunted Democrats for a decade: Is America ready for a full-on left turn in politics, like what Sanders pitched when he ran for president in 2016 ? - The prospect worries many old-guard Democrats who fear Hong and El-Sayed can't win a November general election. Driving the…Open
NYTIMES (Nate Cohn) - El-Sayed Got a Big Win for the Left. Can It Win Like This Nationally?
The new activist left is built on a coalition that may be too narrow to thrive in Democratic primaries in other areas, particularly the South.