Democrats face uphill battle to retake Senate
- Prominent Democratic figures like Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are attempting to fill a leadership void in the party amid internal crises.
- Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are touring to engage the party base and warn of billionaire influences, declaring that Democrats have not supported the working class effectively over the years.
- Interviews indicate a movement within the party supporting the progressive ideas of Sanders as essential for future Democratic politics, with Ocasio-Cortez emerging as a possible leader.
- Representative Pat Ryan highlights issues such as economic inequality and affordable housing as critical to the party's image, emphasizing the need for Democrats to reconnect with working-class voters.
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Rep. Pat Ryan: Democrats Need a ‘Patriotic Populism’
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Rep. Pat Ryan was one of the first members of the House to call on President Joe Biden to step aside last year, so he’s no stranger to delivering a tough message. A West Point alum and combat veteran, Ryan, 43, won his seat in New York’s Hudson Valley in 2022, then outran Kamala Harris by double digits in his district las…


Democrats face uphill battle to retake Senate
Democrats are shut out of power in Washington, D.C., but they hope that doesn’t last long. Historically speaking, the midterm elections offer an opportunity to rein in a political party that controls the elected branches of the federal government. That…
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