![]() She would be the first Latina congresswoman elected from the Midwest, and is almost certain to win in the deep-blue district, which stretchesįrom Chicago’s West Side deep into the city suburbs. Bernie Sanders (D-VA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) along with national progressive groups including WFP, the House Progressive Caucus and People’s Action, will face Republican Justin Burau, who ran unopposed in his party’s primary, in the November general election. Delia Ramirez, co-chair of the elected officials chapter of United Working Families (UWF), defeated Gilbert Villegas in the newly redrawn 3 rd Congressional District by capturing nearly 66 percent of the vote, capping off a night of victories for left-wing groups including UWF, the Illinois partner of the national progressive organization Working Families Party (WFP). In Tuesday night’s Democratic primary, state Rep. ![]() ![]() This week brought some very welcome news for progressives in Illinois, while left candidates in New York saw more of a mixed bag. ![]()
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