Socialists gain in the Democratic Congress

They are getting smarter.

Two years ago Justice Democrats, the socialist organization funded by Senator Sanders, endorsed 80 candidates across the country. From a previous post:

Out of 80 candidates endorsed by JD, only 7 won. 2 were incumbents in deep blue districts. 1 was unopposed.  4 were all in very blue districts wiping out their general election opponents. It's not like they were endorsing in tough competitive states like Texas, although those that did, lost. All of them. One raised over a $1 Million and lost 70-30 in the primary.

This year they were smarter endorsing only 9 candidates in deep, deep, blue districts with somewhat better results. Three won in the general election. The rest lost in the general or the primary but the socialists ended up gaining in the House and it's a blueprint for how to continue to win.

Candidate	Position	Result	Percentage
Marie Newman	IL-03	Won in general	53-46	Deep Blue
Cori Bush	MO-01	Won in general	80-17	Deep Blue
Jamaal Bowman	NY-16	Won in general	82-17	Deep Blue
Georgette Gomez	CA-53	Lost in General	59-40	Deep Blue
Kara Eastman	NE-02	Lost in General	50-46	Toss up
Alex Morse	MA-01	Lost in primary	58-42	Deep Blue
Betsy Sweet	ME-SN	Lost in primary	71-22	Collins Seat
Morgan Harper	OH-03	Lost in primary	68-31	Deep Blue
Jessica Cisneros	TX-28	Lost in primary	57-39	Deep Blue

Locally the socialists attempted to win in District Attorney races with the Travis County DA flipping. Here in Harris County the Democrat, Kim Ogg easily won in the primary and in the general.

Look for the Justice Democrats to continue running under the "progressive" banner in deep, deep blue areas knocking off Democrats in the primary and easily winning in the general election.