Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America plans to endorse up to seven Assembly candidates and two congressional candidates in next year’s midterm elections.
The socialist organization behaves less like a progressive advocacy group and more like a party surrogate – recruiting its own candidates, staffing their campaigns, shaping their policy platforms and organizing massive volunteer canvassing operations. Wary of overstretching itself, DSA chooses its endorsements very carefully after significant internal deliberation, rather than weighing in on every race.
Still, the socialist group has a full slate of candidates ready to run next year – in special elections, for open seats and against Democratic incumbents. Here’s a list of the state legislative and congressional seats that DSA is targeting next year.
This list doesn’t include races where a candidate was endorsed by DSA but later dropped out (sorry, City Council Member Alexa Avilés) or primaries where a DSA member is running but either didn’t apply for the group’s endorsement (as in the case of Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas) or didn’t receive it. It also doesn’t include DSA-backed incumbents who are just running for reelection (like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, state Sens. Julia Salazar, Kristen Gonzalez and Jabari Brisport and Assembly Members Emily Gallagher, Phara Souffrant Forrest and Marcela Mitaynes). This list was last updated on Dec. 23, 2025.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/12/here-are-nyc-seats-dsa-eyeing-2026/410359/?oref=csny-homepage-river