As Democrats seek to reclaim power in November's midterm elections, some of the party's long-standing progressives are in danger of losing their seats.The warning signs are flashing red in hotly contested primaries across the country, from a longtime ally of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who is facing a challenger four decades younger, to a senior New York lawmaker seeking to fend off a Mamdani-backed opponent.Not every race has a clear ideological divide, but every challenger is running on an anti-establishment message.Some are also advocating for generational change. Reps.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., are facing tough primary fights.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images; Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)NY DEM WOULDN’T BACK MAMDANI FOR MAYOR — NOW MAMDANI IS BACKING HIS CHALLENGERThough sitting lawmakers are historically difficult to defeat, a wave of anti-incumbent fever appears to be taking hold among voters.
Four incumbents — including Reps.Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
— have already lost their re-election bids to primary challengers this cycle.The following are the progressive lawmakers who could be next. Rep.Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., 50, a prominent Trump foe who served as Democrats' lead counsel during President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, is running as an endangered incumbent in a Democratic-heavy district spanning Lower Manhattan and deep-blue pockets of Brooklyn.Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, 56, who has the backing of Mamdani and leading progressives in Congress, is mounting an insurgent campaign from Goldman’s left.
Leading progressive Sens.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and the left-wing Working Families Party are also supporting his candidacy.Goldman's endorsements from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Gov.
Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., may not be enough to secure a third House term.Recent polling of the rac...