Washington Post - California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez triumphed Tuesday in a runoff for the
state’s Los Angeles-centered 34th Congressional District, a victory for
Latino and progressive groups that overcame low turnout and election
fatigue. The seat long held by Xavier Becerra, now California’s attorney
general, will be held by an aspiring member of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus and supporter of single-payer health care...
There was more mixed news for progressives in New Jersey, where Goldman
Sachs banker-turned-philanthropist Phil Murphy easily won the Democratic
nomination for governor. Murphy, seeking his first elected office at
age 59, put away two rivals who attempted to frame the primary as a
contest between a wealthy political establishment figure and the rising
progressive tide...
There was better news for Sanders, and Democrats, in less-watched
elections for local Mississippi and Connecticut offices. In Mississippi,
where Sanders led a rally of labor unions this spring, left-wing
candidate Chokwe Lumumba won the mayoralty of Jackson, and a Sanders
supporter won a city council seat in suburban Meridian. And in
Connecticut, Democrats won control of the Board of Selectmen
in wealthy Fairfield, the sort of place where the party sees a chance
to capitalize on Trump’s unpopularity to win new majorities.
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