The Democrats are having a socialist realignment

Published July 3, 2018 2:22pm ET



PITTSBURGH — Come November, as Democrats try to capture Pennsylvania’s state legislature, four of their nominees will be socialists — members of the Democratic Socialists of America. Three of those four are unopposed.

All four women, Summer Lee and Sara Innamorato from the Pittsburgh area, and Elizabeth Fiedler and Kristin Seale of Philadelphia, are first-time candidates who received organized, efficient and professional support from their DSA local chapters. Only Seale faces an opponent, Republican incumbent Rep. Christopher Quinn of Delaware County.

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