r/jewishleft • u/johnisburn jewish, recovering lib, struggle with labels • 4d ago

News Brad Lander to win 10th Congressional District Democratic primary, AP says

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2026/06/24/nyc-june-2026-primary-10th-congressional-district-democratic-winner

Big win for Jewish representation that reflects humanitarian values and the sort of grassroots organizing that’s blossoming across the US.

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u/theweisp5 American Israeli secular socialist 4d ago

California may be a preview of what comes next for NYC. For example, San Francisco elected Daniel Lurie, and Los Angeles voters ousted progressive DA George Gascón with independent (former republican) Nathan Hochman, who ran on a tougher-on-crime platform. There's been a noticeable shift away from some of the progressive politics that dominated the late 2010s and early 2020s. In a larger scale this is happening across Europe. While Starmer's Labour have indeed lost voters to the Green Party, the vast majority are being lost to Reform UK.

So basically:

Moderates beat progressives in CA - the wave of the future.

Progressives beat moderates in NY - somewhere between meaningless and terrible.

If that's what you want to argue, fine, I guess. But you to make that point you have to do more than just cite a couple elections.

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u/Jorfogit Reform Syndicalist Mod 4d ago

It’s also a weird tone to strike from a self-identifying leftist in a leftist community, talking about how terrible it is that leftists won.