House Democrats are projected to see their numbers shrink in the midterms. Still, their most far-left members – such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – aren’t in any danger of losing their seats, thanks to the deep blue nature of their districts.
That fact alone means Progressives will likely constitute a larger proportion of the caucus than they currently do.
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AOC and her allies are also poised to add to their numbers. In several safe blue districts, far-Left Democrats have either won their primary or hold a good chance of doing so.
Self-described democratic socialist Democrat Greg Casar won his primary for Texas’ 35th Congressional District, where longtime Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, is not running in favor of a newly-drawn congressional district.
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Casar is a former Austin city council member who conducted the 2020 charge to slice the Austin Police Department’s budget by $100 million. In 2021, Austin saw a new city-wide murder record with 89 murders and only 51 arrests by December of last year.
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Additionally, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, is headed for a runoff against progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. While Cisneros hasn’t personally advocated for defunding the police, she has campaigned with Democrats, like Ocasio-Cortez, who have backed the “defund” movement.
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Illinois, the Prairie State, is seeing Progressive challenger Kina Collins take on longtime Democratic Rep. Danny Davis in a primary challenge for his seat in Illinois’ 7th Congressional District.
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Collins, who is backed by the Ocasio-Cortez-backed Justice Democrats, made headlines last year when it was revealed that she participated in a “Defund the Police” rally.
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In July 2020, Collins was front and center filming a Facebook Live video of a “Defund the Police” rally and marched with protesters chanting to “defund the police” in a separate Facebook Live video the same day.
Collins – a gun violence prevention activist – has also demanded abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reasoning in multiple Facebook posts that “immigrant families are constantly living in a state of fear, and the physical and mental trauma is destroying the fabric of our society.”
The Justice Democrats’ endorsement will likely be a significant boon to Collins as she takes on Davis in a rematch after trailing behind him in the 2020 primary.
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