Author: Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein

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November 7, 2026 Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein

Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party’s Future

At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left.