Progressives head to US House in record numbers after winning red districts

Caucus had 100 members in the last Congress, and six of the nine candidates it endorsed won, flipping seats

House progressives, long dismissed as the Democratic party’s leftwing outliers, are heading into the next Congress in larger numbers than ever and vowing to push the new Democratic majority to the left.

The Congressional Progressive caucus said on Sunday it will welcome more than 25 new members, including a record number who won in red districts, expanding its ranks to more than 105 lawmakers.