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Two sitting House Democrats — including the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — lost Tuesday night primaries to democratic socialist challengers, all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in results that centrist lawmakers described as an "earthquake" and a "huge defeat" for Democratic leadership.
The trio of victories is poised to double the number of Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress — that is, lawmakers affiliated with the DSA, a left-wing organization that sits well to the left of the party's mainstream and supports policies such as democratic public ownership of major industries.
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Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) lost reelection to Brad Lander, a former New York City comptroller, by more than 30 percentage points as of late Tuesday night — a result that many inside the caucus had anticipated.
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