Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), the new chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, urged colleagues to move away from “preachy” politics that he worried cost the Democratic Party the election. Casar ...

Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board. When the far-left politicians Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley were first elected to Congress roughly half a decade ago, many moderate Democrats ...

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Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions in a critical presidential election ...

Rep. Marcia Morey, D-Durham, is one of the founding members of the House Progressive Caucus. The state’s most conservative lawmakers have for years formed the House Freedom Caucus, and now there’s a ...

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In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the ...

Bill Hunsinger of Ripton, the party’s new leader, says he wants to focus on bolstering its presence at the local level and is taking aim at the state’s education reform law.