Democratic Socialists of America are poised to claim victory in two-thirds of the Tuesday elections in which it endorsed a candidate, making the radical offshoot an ascending force within the Democratic Party.
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offshoot → poise → Party
From Berkeley, California, to New York City, the hard-left group saw its preferred candidates win, underscoring how it is driving the larger party further toward socialism.
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it → leave → socialism
The flex began in primary season, when the disciplined DSA took advantage of low turnout in deep-blue state and local elections to oust more moderate Democratic candidates.
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DSA → begin → candidates
The fact that it carried through the general election solidifies the DSA's power within the party.
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it → carry → party
Fox News Digital analyzed races for 161 candidate contests in DSA's election tracker and found:
- So far, 60 DSA candidates, or about one in three of 161 races, won on Tuesday.
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candidates → analyze → Tuesday
- That number could rise to as many as 106 candidates, or two in three of 161 DSA-backed candidates, if every DSA candidate currently leading the polls ultimately wins.
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candidate → rise → polls
At 12:11 a.m., the DSA's official X account posted a message with early returns: "Over 50 DSA victories tonight prove socialism can win in the U.S.
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socialism → post → U.S.
Workers deserve more and a reality where all of us live with dignity and hope is closer than we think.
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we → deserve → dignity
The job's not done, though.
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job → do → ?
Tomorrow, we continue organizing, fighting, and winning for the working class!"
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we → continue → class
The DSA didn't respond to a request for comment.
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DSA → respond → comment
The DSA also endorsed an estimated 58 ballot measures, ranging from rent control, public banking and social housing to abortion rights, voting rights and tax initiatives, with many sailing to victory.
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many → endorse → victory
Among the candidates, the database lists 11 federal races, 88 local contests, 60 state competitions and two municipal races.
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database → list → races
In Berkeley, five DSA-backed candidates competed for the Rent Stabilization Board.
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candidates → back → Board
Four — Ida Martinac, Vylma Ortiz, Nathan Mizell and Avery Arbaugh — were leading for the five available seats in the latest Alameda County returns.
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Four → lead → returns
The fifth DSA-backed candidate, Derek Rodriguez, was trailing.
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candidate → back → ?
At the other end of the spectrum, DSA-backed candidates won or were leading in congressional districts on the East Coast.
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candidates → back → Coast
Seven DSA candidates running in traditionally Democratic congressional districts have won their races.
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candidates → run → races
They include Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez in New York, Melat Kiros in Colorado, Donavan McKinney in Michigan and Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania.
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They → include → Pennsylvania
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won New York’s 14th Congressional District.
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Cortez → win → District
Rashida Tlaib won in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District.
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Tlaib → win → District
Angela Gonzales-Torres is expected to win in California’s 34th District.
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Torres → expect → District
Two DSA-backed House candidates lost or expected to lose: Mai Vang in California’s 7th District is losing and Lauren Jewett in Louisiana’s 1st District lost.
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Jewett → back → District
One of the most revealing races is in Ann Arbor, Mich., where Democratic socialist Yousef Rabhi defeated longtime Democratic Mayor Christopher Taylor in the primary before advancing to the general election, which he won yesterday.
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he → defeat → which
The upset showed DSA’s ability to challenge not only Republicans, but also the Democratic establishment from within its own primary process.
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upset → show → process
In Los Angeles, DSA-backed City Councilmember Nithya Raman’s unexpectedly close race against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass offers an even bigger test of whether the organization can move from winning legislative seats to capturing executive power in America’s second-largest city; early returns show the race too close to call.
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race → back → city
Results in New York state are particularly important, following DSA-backed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rise to victory and power last year.
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Results → follow → victory
According to election results, 17 DSA-backed New York candidates are winners or expected winners, including three members of Congress, one state senator, 12 state Assembly candidates and one county legislator.
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candidates → accord → Congress
In California, DSA saw some defeats, revealing influence but not dominance.
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DSA → see → influence
Of 43 California candidates, 23 were listed as winning or leading, while 17 are trailing.
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17 → list → candidates
The DSA was created in 1982 through the merger of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee and the New American Movement.
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DSA → create → Committee
Its roots are in socialist, labor, feminist and community organizing, but its national organization includes Marxist and communist wings.
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organization → include → wings
On its election tracker, the DSA created graphics of its corporate logo — the red rose — spilling onto the page like confetti.
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DSA → create → confetti
DSA uses the red rose in its brand because of its longstanding history as an international symbol of socialism, labor organizing and working-class solidarity.
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DSA → use → socialism
The image also evokes the 1912 "Bread and Roses" textile strike, when workers "bread" and "roses," symbolizing dignity.
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workers → evoke → dignity
DSA’s logo combines the rose with two clasped hands, which the organization says symbolizes multiracial solidarity against capitalism and "divide-and-conquer" tactics.
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organization → combine → capitalism
The DSA isn't formally a political party, and most of its candidates run on the Democratic Party ballot line because the country's winner-take-all system and state ballot-access rules make independent parties difficult to build.
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parties → run → all
DSA’s strategy is to use Democratic primaries and local nonpartisan elections to elect candidates who identify with socialism and then organize them into a larger socialist movement.
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who → use → movement
DSA uses the Democratic ballot line as an electoral vehicle while openly describing its long-term goal as building an independent mass socialist party and ending capitalism.
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DSA → use → capitalism
Its current endorsement criteria require candidates to identify publicly as socialists, support DSA’s national platform and, for national endorsements, meet its anti-Zionist requirements.
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criteria → require → requirements
…and 8 more, not listed.
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