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Progressive Democrats frustrated with 2022 primary losses

FILE - Caucus Chair Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2022. Jeffries, the chair of the House Democratic caucus and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said “there’s a difference between the socialist machine and mainstream progressives.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) FILE - Jamie McLeod-Skinner poses in Redmond, Ore., Aug. 6, 2018. McLeod-Skinner ousted moderate Rep. Kurt Schrader. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File) FILE - New York 17th Congressional District Democratic primary candidate U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney smiles as he delivers his victory speech during an election night party in Peekskill, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2022. Maloney, defeated a state lawmaker running to his left and backed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File) FILE - Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the House Progressive Caucus, attends an event on heart health for South Asians, at the Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2022. “New York was just a mess,” said Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “It was like the timing of the redistricting maps. I mean, that’s not a situation that’s going to get repeated a lot.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Attorney Dan Goldman addresses supporters on the evening of the Democratic primary election Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in New York. This year New York City Democrats chose Goldman, a former federal prosecutor and who is more of a centrist, over several progressive rivals, including freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) FILE - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joins female House Democrats at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, July 15, 2022. Four years after Ocasio-Cortez won a New York congressional primary that toppled a powerful incumbent and sent a jolt through the Democratic Party, the progressive left has had mixed success, with some questioning the limits of the movement’s power. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Progressive Democrats frustrated with 2022 primary losses