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Recent wins by democratic socialists in safe blue districts—Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez in New York, Melat Kiros in Colorado, etcetera—have deepened anxieties within the House Democratic caucus that a small number of far-left members could hold their future majority hostage, just as the House Freedom Caucus controls Mike Johnson. Of course, liberal lawmakers are trying to tamp down the perception that the incoming class are a bunch of hell-raisers. But progressives are also putting colleagues on notice, warning that they’ll continue to lose elections if they take their incumbency for granted.
