There’s a lot to take away from her victory and I usually agree with Bernie but let’s be serious, the majority of voting districts in the U.S. do not look like New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.
While that’s true I don’t think Bernie is trying to say every district, he’s disagreeing with the broader notion from entrenched Democrats that these are outliers that can’t be replicated and that the Democratic party needs to stay moderate (neoliberal) to win. The article lists a couple more races where we could see this pattern of more progressive candidates winning continue
Other progressive victories victories could be on the horizon in Maine, where Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has had a double-digit lead over Gov. Janet Mills in polls ahead of the June primary and raised three times as much as Mills and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) combined in small donations in the final quarter of 2025; and North Carolina, where Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam is challenging Rep. Valerie Foushee for a second time after losing a close race in 2022.
(Nida Allam is up for vote where I am I believe. While Foushee hasn’t been a bad representative I’m excited to do more research on Allam and think I may be voting for her :)
Exactly. He is saying what the DNC doesn’t want him to say. Real progressive politics are winning and can win. It doesn’t have to be establishment-center-right Hillary Clinton pro-capital politics that the DNC pretends will “flip” Trump voters, while they continue to alienate progressive voters. The DNC can’t wait to blame progressives for dem losses just like they always do. The corporate overlords and neoliberal (economically) billionaires want the status quo, where the dollar rules all aspects of life, to stay the status quo. The reality is that progressive politics can win, but they don’t want that.
Didnt deep red seats in Louisiana and Texas go blue recently?
Also yes, we’ve got a ways to go but the signs are pointing to a progressive wave. Elections still have to occur and swearing in has to actually happen. Both things that are in trouble from facist/republican rhetoric and actions. ICE watching election centers, predisputed non-R results, delayed swearing in of special election winners. Of course the conservative dems are also doing their part by not endorsing or endorsing less progressive candidates and seemingly ineffectual at stopping anything that is going on. Historically, that has been enough to maintain status quo.
