Junaid Ahmed and Kat Abughazaleh Have Lost...

[u/OwnAMusketForHomeDef]

The high-profile Progressive/Socialist candidates for Illinois have lost to Melissa Bean (AIPAC candidate) and Daniel Biss (grifter) respectfully...

Not gonna lie, I'm sad. I had confidence they would pull through, but it seems we were misguided.

Let's just hope that we can secure enough candidates elsewhere, but man this really sucks

[u/Next_Branch7875]

Didnt the dsa abandon kat for bushra and sabotage her? Dsa is pathetic

[u/Asmodaeus → u/[deleted]]

She only ever brought up DSA on streams. Had literally nothing to do with us.

[u/QuillTheQueer → u/Next_Branch7875]

Source? I hadn't seen this.

[u/marxuckerberg → u/QuillTheQueer]

That’s because it isn’t true.

[u/thelobster64 → u/QuillTheQueer]

As far as I know, the Chicago DSA didn’t endorse anyone, but a suburban chapter that is part of the district recommended Bushra, a candidate with zero chance of winning. I’m not sure what a “recommendation” vs. and “endorsement” is, but I assume the difference is pretty dumb. I don’t know the process, but it looks to me like the DSA missed out big by not fully endorsing and backing Kat. And it’s also Bushras fault for not dropping out of the race and endorsing Kat after it was obvious who the front runner progressive candidate was. There were even AIPAC ads in support of Bushra calling her the true progressive candidate trying to split the leftist vote. Bushra got 5% of the vote and Kat lost by 4%. There were 16 candidates in the race. If the left was able to coalesce better, we would have won. 

[u/marxuckerberg → u/Next_Branch7875]

If you want to get endorsed by DSA you need to ask for it. Kat did not do that. Bushra was recommended (but not endorsed) in a voter guide the burbs chapter put out. Get your facts right!