The "soul of the Democrat party" is already long gone. That train has left the station over a decade ago.
@Cyber Liberty - This came up when I was researching Socialism on the Move:
DSA-Backed Candidates – Full Infrastructure Map (2026 Primary Cycle)
This list reflects confirmed DSA-aligned or DSA-endorsed candidates across federal, state, and local races where publicly documented slates or reporting exist. It is not exhaustive of every local endorsement, but it restores the full structural footprint of the 2026 cycle.
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NEW YORK (PRIMARY INFRASTRUCTURE CORE)
Federal / Congressional
- Darializa Avila Chevalier — NY-13 — U.S. House
- Claire Valdez — NY-7 — U.S. House
State Senate
- Aber Kawas — State Senate (NYC region)
State Assembly (DSA slate expansion zones)
- Samantha Kattan — NY Assembly
- Illapa Sairitupac — NY Assembly
- Conrad Blackburn — NY Assembly
- Eon Huntley — NY Assembly
- Diana Moreno — NY Assembly
- David Orkin — NY Assembly
- Christian Celeste Tate — NY Assembly
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NEW YORK CITY LOCAL / MUNICIPAL NETWORK LAYER
- Zohran Mamdani — NYC Mayor (alignment node / endorsement infrastructure)
- Multiple aligned city council / district-level candidates operating under NYC-DSA slate coordination structures (district-level candidacies vary by borough and filing cycle)
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MARYLAND (COUNTY + STATE INFRASTRUCTURE CLUSTER)
State Legislature
- Gabriel Acevero — House District 39
- Raaheela Ahmed — State Senate District 23
County Government (Montgomery / Prince George’s clusters)
- Josie Caballero — County Council At-Large (Montgomery County)
- Zola Shaw — County Council District 3
- Imara Crooms — County Council District 9
- Shayla Adams Stafford — County Council District 5
Additional local/state aligned candidates
- Multiple progressive slate candidates operating across Montgomery County council and Maryland legislative districts under DSA-endorsed coalitions
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OREGON (STATE LEGISLATURE NETWORK)
- Ky Fireside — House District 7
- Tammy Carpenter — House District 27
- Farrah Chaichi — House District 35
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PENNSYLVANIA (DISTRIBUTED URBAN + LEHIGH VALLEY CLUSTER)
- Ce-Ce Gerlach — House District 22
- Taiba Sultana — Senate District 18
- Mark Pinsley — U.S. House PA-7
- Chris Rabb — U.S. House PA-3
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GEORGIA (MUNICIPAL + STATE EMERGING POCKETS)
- Tim Denson — Mayor (Athens)
- Gabriel Sanchez — House District 42
- Mathewos Samson — House District 58
- Kendra Clark — House District 165
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FLORIDA (LIMITED BUT HIGH-SIGNAL PRESENCE)
- Oliver Larkin — U.S. House FL-23
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INDIANA (MIDWEST ENTRY POINT)
- Jackson Franklin — U.S. House IN-5
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TEXAS (LOCAL SCHOOL / DISTRICT-LEVEL ENTRY NODE)
- Jesus Nieto — Katy ISD At-Large Position 3
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LOUISIANA (UTILITY / COMMISSION-LEVEL PRESENCE)
- Austin Lawson — Public Service Commission District 5
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ARIZONA (MUNICIPAL-LEVEL PRESENCE)
- Bobby Nichols — Tempe City Council At-Large
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WASHINGTON D.C. (CENTRALIZED URBAN CLUSTER)
- Janeese Lewis George — Mayor (alignment with progressive municipal network infrastructure)
- Aparna Raj — DC Council Ward 1
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KENTUCKY (LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLUSTER)
- Herbert Lynn — Urban County Council At-Large (Lexington)
- Robert LeVertis Bell — State House District 43
- Aprile Hearn — Metro Council District 5
- Andrea Parr — Metro Council District 9
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STRUCTURAL NOTE
What this map shows is not a unified national party apparatus, but a distributed candidate pipeline operating across:
- federal congressional districts
- state legislative systems
- county governance structures
- municipal executive offices
- utility commissions and school districts
The defining feature of the 2026 cycle is not concentration of candidates, but dispersion across institutional levels.
This produces a multi-layer electoral footprint rather than a single ideological bloc.