Lee wins Democratic primary in historic bid for Congress

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Summer Lee has won a five-way Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat, making her the favorite in the heavily Democratic district to win the fall general election and become the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania.

Friday was the fourth day of counting ballots after Tuesday's primary in the closely contested race for the open 12th District seat.

Lee, a second-term state House member, lawyer and former labor organizer, comes from the party's progressive wing. She was endorsed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the two-time presidential candidate and a leading voice in the Democratic Party’s left wing who came to campaign for Lee.

Lee beat out second-place Steve Irwin, who was endorsed by the Allegheny County Democratic Party and backed by prominent Democrats from the county.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lee-wins-democratic-primary-in-historic-bid-for-congress/ar-AAXxi32

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1. Congratulations Summer Lee!

I will support you in the General Election, even though you weren't my first choice as a candidate.

Knock 'em dead and do us proud!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. This is something I have been posting about

that has been "bubbling under the surface" of our urban areas.

And I have seen posts on DU having a conniption fit about this candidate and I really don't know her background but I think that what has happened is that there has been a broad brush characterization of "progressive" candidates that automatically shoves them into some kind of "extremist" category through tying them to Bernie Sanders in a "pejorative" way.

Meanwhile what is happening, the ones I have been seeing slowly sliding into seats on this side of the state, are less hyperbolic and repetitive, and have been literally "out in the neighborhoods making noise" and actually rallying a demographic by "bringing home the bacon" for them, which includes demands for more affordable housing and getting "land banks" to do just that, getting neighborhood quality of life issues taken care of like going after illegal dumping and cleaning up vacant lots, etc., and of course getting resources for conflict intervention and resolution, as well as ensuring that there are activities in the neighborhoods for young people to reduce some of the causes for gun violence.

I.e., they have learned how to be "the squeaky wheel" without the repetitive utterances about "Wall street" and "millionaires and billionaires", where many of the people they serve have never been to NYC, let alone to see where "Wall Street" is, and this is also including a few who may have never even been out of their own neighborhoods at all.