PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is seeing its power decline. The group has had its grip on Western Pennsylvania Democratic politics for several years, but Tuesday night, it failed in an attempt to force Allegheny County Council to adopt a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The decline in the group’s influence ultimately could weaken one of the DSA’s first successes, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), as the first-term congresswoman competes in a Democratic primary race with entrepreneur and local councilwoman Bhavini Patel in May. Lee barely won in the 2022 Democratic primary.