Leftist surge in Democratic Party will benefit Rep. Summer Lee

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Private polling shows that hard-Left U.S. Rep. Summer Lee is likely to win her Democratic primary race against a liberal, but not leftist, challenger.

If you drive throughout the city neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, the signs for Bahvini Patel far outpace those for incumbent Rep. Summer Lee , whom Patel is challenging in the Democratic Party for

Private polling shared with me showed it would take a herculean event to upset Lee at this point, in part because it will be a low turnout primary, but also in part because Lee has consolidated power in the progressive ranks. Lee, like Councilwoman Bethany Hallam and county executive Sara Innamorato, got her start in the Pittsburgh chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and impressively never lost a race along the way.

“Her entire campaign is backed by Republicans,” Lee said during the debate between the two women last week. “Yet she says that I’m not a good enough Democrat. It feels like she’s implying that there’s enough room for Joe Manchin, but not a Black woman fighting for her own party.”

 

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