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Progressives focus on local-level wins to counter setbacks

By WILL WEISSERT and SARA BURNETT, Associated Press
Published: April 17, 2023, 8:28am

CHICAGO (AP) — For many progressives, the past decade has been littered with disappointments. But recent down-ballot victories are providing hope of reshaping the Democratic Party from the bottom up, rather than from Washington.

In Chicago earlier this month, a former teacher’s union organizer unexpectedly won the mayor’s race. In St.

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