Summer Lee wins Pennsylvania primary in victory for progressives

Hell yes! This is big for progressives. She's been pro-ceasefire for awhile now and has a large Jewish population in her district. She still has the support of the people over a moderate Democrat Patel.

60-40 so at a +20% as well. So a pretty significant one as well. Also the first time the Pennsylvania DNC endorsed her in the primary...

Good.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Summer Lee, a Pennsylvania congresswoman, easily beat back a primary challenge on Tuesday, delivering progressives one of their most significant victories yet of this election cycle as they brace for a wave of pro-Israel funding targeting pro-ceasefire candidates.

“I am so humbled and proud to win my first primary re-election to be the congresswoman for this incredible district I’ve spent my life fighting for,” Lee said in a statement celebrating her victory.

“Our campaign was built on a record of delivering for our democracy, defending our most fundamental rights, and expanding our vision for what is politically possible for our region’s most marginalized communities.”

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Lee raised more than $2.4m before the Tuesday primary while Patel received roughly $650,000 in campaign contributions.

Although UDP opted to stay out of Lee’s race, progressive leaders believe her successful campaign strategy could still be instructive for other pro-ceasefire lawmakers expected to be targeted by pro-Israel groups in their primaries.

At least two other “Squad” members, Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri, have already attracted primary challengers, and Aipac has already endorsed their opponents.

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Was $100 million not enough? Maybe the genocide machine should look for any coins under the couch cushions. /s

This is wonderful news!

EDIT: It appears AIPAC stayed out of this - Summer Lee was vastly outraising the moderate. So I think the $100M attack might be used against Bush, Bowman, and (later) Omar. (Is that right? A tenth of a billion dollars for three representatives? I must be mistaken.)

Guess centrists are unreliable voters who stay home during the primaries, so we should ignore what they want.