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DSA recommends against endorsing Ossé’s congressional bid (www.cityandstateny.com)

submitted 2 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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On Saturday night, members of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America voted not to recommend endorsing New York City Council Member Chi Ossé’s nascent primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

In an online vote, roughly 52% of eligible members of NYC-DSA’s Electoral Working Group voted against endorsing Ossé’s congressional campaign. In total, 1,205 DSA members voted, with 626 voting against the endorsement and only 555 voting in favor, with 24 abstaining.

The outcome of the vote will likely come as welcome news to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has tried to discourage Ossé from running and even attended Wednesday’s DSA candidate forum to appeal to comrades in person not to recommend endorsing Ossé’s congressional bid.

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[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 4 points 2 months ago

Zohran was at the DSA meeting and gave a speech to discourage members from endorsing Chi right before the vote was held.

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

From the article, it looks like they just don't think they have the resources to win and would rather focus on Mamdani's agenda for now.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

So they want the USA to sink even more