{"id":543914,"date":"2023-01-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/progressives-see-2024-as-chance-to-grow-ranks-in-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T11:00:00","slug":"progressives-see-2024-as-chance-to-grow-ranks-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/progressives-see-2024-as-chance-to-grow-ranks-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"#Progressives see 2024 as chance to grow ranks in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfe26bbb9e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfe26bbb9e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/progressives-see-2024-as-chance-to-grow-ranks-in-senate\/#Progressives_see_2024_as_chance_to_grow_ranks_in_Senate\" >Progressives see 2024 as chance to grow ranks in Senate<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Progressives_see_2024_as_chance_to_grow_ranks_in_Senate\"><\/span>Progressives see 2024 as chance to grow ranks in Senate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/gallegoruben_093022gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Progressives see a chance to make 2024 a year of expansion in the Senate, with a handful of Sun Belt candidates angling to bring more of their wing to higher office as Democrats face a rough landscape and uphill battle to retain control of the chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The election year has the potential to modify what the Senate looks like for the party. If progressives in Arizona and California are elected, each would help turn the moderate caucus more in their direction, while demonstrating that liberals from competitive districts are capable of winning statewide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But the caucus itself may shrink in the process. Several states, including Montana, Ohio and West Virginia, are on Democrats\u2019 watchlists as in danger of going Republican, possibly blunting whatever traction the left makes with hypothetical pickups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s a very tough map. It is going to be difficult for Democrats to hold the majority,\u201d said Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of Our Revolution, a left-wing mobilizing organization aligned with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut even if Democrats don\u2019t do well,\u201d he said, \u201cI think progressives will. The progressive voting bloc in the Senate is poised to become stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This month, two House liberals \u2014 Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) \u2014 announced Senate campaigns, fueling optimism among progressives who want to see Congress reimagined into something that represents the country\u2019s vast economic and racial diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Gallego and Porter are both young lawmakers and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), where most of the left\u2019s firepower is housed on Capitol Hill. Their personal brands are largely built on a shared desire to move away from the more traditional, centrist model of politics that Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) represent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Porter, a wonky anti-monopoly representative from Orange County, launched her bid even though Feinstein hasn\u2019t said she\u2019ll step down, setting an early narrative into motion that a younger progressive woman can occupy that seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Gallego, meanwhile, was widely celebrated when he made his plans for a Senate run public this week, energizing Democrats who are eager to oust Sinema, who made just a slight reference to her upcoming political goals via tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuben knows that most Arizonans aren\u2019t on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> following politics because they are too busy working overtime or a second job,\u201d said\u00a0Joe Sanberg, a liberal donor close to Gallego.\u00a0\u201cThis campaign is about the needs of working Arizonans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max Berger, a Democratic campaign operative who\u2019s worked with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), said he believes the millennial Latino congressman has a real shot at taking Sinema down if she runs. But it probably won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think Gallego can win even if Sinema doesn\u2019t drop out,\u201d Berger said. \u201cObviously, our chances improve dramatically if she takes a job directly with her real constituents and becomes a lobbyist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think she\u2019s sufficiently alienated Democrats across the board, and no Republican voters want her brand of watered-down conservatism,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives believe that adding two Democrats from their flank to the Senate could help reimagine what\u2019s possible in the notoriously formal, procedure-heavy upper chamber. Unlike in the House \u2014 where liberals have grown in the past several election cycles, dating back to the emergence of the \u201csquad\u201d in 2018 \u2014 the left has stayed more muted in the Senate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That started to change recently. In November, progressives saw one of their top stars from the midterm cycle \u2014 now-Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) \u2014 win an upstart campaign against his well-funded GOP opponent by running on a platform that included things like legalizing marijuana and a $15 minimum wage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows me that economic populists, candidates who put bread-and-butter issues at the center of their campaigns, can win. I think that\u2019s incredibly encouraging,\u201d Geevarghese said. \u201cWe need more Bernies and Warrens \u2014 and Fettermans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Gallego or Porter win \u2014 or a handful of other progressives thought to be considering California Senate bids like Reps. Barbara Lee (D) and Ro Khanna (D) \u2014 would help expand that bench beyond Fetterman and the more prominent progressive senators Sanders and Warren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe few genuine economic populists in the Senate, notably Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, need many more allies among their colleagues,\u201d agreed Norman Solomon, who co-founded the grassroots community RootsAction.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe base of the Democratic Party, including activists who work hard during campaign seasons, is very progressive on the issues,\u201d Solomon said, pointing out what many leftists see as key vulnerabilities among their establishment colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorporate Democrats like Feinstein can raise big money from special interests, but they\u2019re out of step with the Democratic base,\u201d he added. \u201cDemocratic primaries often pit the base of the party against big donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Still, Democrats \u2014 not just progressives \u2014 will have to defend a lot of their turf this cycle, which has some in the party already on edge. Sinema, for example, who last year switched from Democrat to Independent, could theoretically take votes away from the Democratic nominee and help deliver the seat to the GOP.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona is anything but a slam dunk for a Democrat,\u201d said\u00a0Matt Bennett of the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way. \u201cDemocrats cannot count on a crackpot GOP nominee in Arizona, and even if it is, that person could win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moderates like Bennett see more progressivism as increasing the chances that the Senate could ultimately turn redder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Dem caucus gets smaller (Senate or House) it moves to the left,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it gets larger, it moves to the center. Do Democrats want small and left or large and center?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of uncertainty to go around in other swing states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a Rust Belt progressive, is expected to face a tough reelection campaign after Democrats saw their longshot hopes of sending former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) to the Senate fail against Trump-aligned Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). In addition, the party will have to work to hold Sen. Jon Tester\u2019s (D) seat in Montana, who only barely won his last bid during more favorable conditions to Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have had success during the presidential cycles in both states, creating an uncertain climate before President Biden has even announced his intention to run for a second term. Former President Trump won both Ohio and Montana against Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Sen Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who, like his friend Sinema, is high on progressives\u2019 target list. But with no liberal challenger in sight or with a reasonable shot of winning the red state, Democrats worry that Manchin may lose to a Republican \u2014 a possibility that comes up each cycle with fresh intensity.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the speculation depends on Biden\u2019s reelection announcement. He is likely to give a signal to voters about running again in the coming weeks, The Hill has recently reported, but it\u2019s also an ongoing question about his popularity. If the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval rating sinks lower in the thick of the campaign season, Democrats are likely going to have a harder time defending a challenging Senate battlefield sharing a ticket with him.<\/p>\n<p>For now, progressives are hopeful they can break through. If something bad for the party happens \u2014 namely, if they lose the Senate \u2014 they\u2019ll still have more influence over the Biden White House if he runs and wins reelection. They\u2019ll also build a more liberal chamber for future cycles, a longer-term goal that organizers and activists have accomplished with some success in the lower chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately what I think we\u2019re poised to see is a growing progressive bloc in the Senate, which has been pretty small,\u201d Geevarghese said. \u201cDemocrats didn\u2019t win the House, but the CPC got stronger. We\u2019ll have more influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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