Very interesting profile by @SamAdlerBell of @nycDSA's @SalazarSenate18 campaign: "A win by Salazar would help solidify the gains made by Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated, but did not vanquish, the party machines."https://theintercept.com/2018/07/03/julia-salazar-state-senate-new-york-dsa/ …
.@SalazarSenate18: “I am not running on my identity. I’m running on my record, as a healthcare and housing activist, a criminal legal reform advocate, a dedicated union member and member of my Bushwick community.”
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@SalazarSenate18, a 27-year-old first-time candidate, handily defeated eight-term incumbent Sen. Martin Dilan in New York's 18th District, joining the ranks of leftist insurgents nationwide who have knocked out mainstream Democrats." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/socialist-faces-incumbent-democrat-ny-senate-primary-57794517 …Show this thread -
"Virtually everybody who spoke to HuffPost outside a polling place in North Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood voted for Salazar. The voters had either not heard about the controversies ..., or they dismissed them as politically motivated distortions."https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/julia-salazar-wins-new-york-state-senate_us_5b9a9a22e4b010e18e376f9f …
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