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Jordan Herrera, an attorney, Air Force veteran and former Missouri assistant attorney general, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday in Missouri\u2019s newly redrawn 4th Congressional District, defeating better-funded democratic socialist Hartzell Gray in a seven-way primary.<\/p>\n

Herrera prevailed over Gray, the 33-year-old former Kansas City radio host and tenant organizer who drew national attention after appearing on Hasan Piker\u2019s Twitch livestream and blasting “sell-out Democrats.”<\/p>\n

The result puts a more conventional Democrat on the November ballot against Republican Rep. Mark Alford in the GOP-leaning district, rather than Gray, who had framed his campaign as a left-wing challenge to the party establishment.<\/p>\n

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The new 4th District takes in part of Kansas City before extending south through a broad swath of suburban and rural Missouri. While the map made Alford\u2019s district less Republican than it had been, it remains a solidly GOP seat.<\/p>\n

Gray emerged as the clear financial leader in the Democratic field. FEC records showed his campaign had raised about $250,000 through mid-July \u2014 more than six times the roughly $40,000 raised by Herrera and far more than Cass, the 2024 Democratic nominee who again sought the seat.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America said its backing of Gray marked its first endorsement in a federal race<\/a>. The group praised Gray\u2019s refusal to take money from corporations, developers and lobbying groups, while pointing to his support for universal health care, tenant protections and more progressive taxation.<\/p>\n

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Gray, who has also called for rent controls, Medicare for All and ending the Supreme Court\u2019s Citizens United decision<\/a>, has framed his campaign as a rebuke of a Democratic Party he argues has become too closely tied to wealthy donors and corporate interests. The 2010 ruling allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums independently to influence elections.<\/p>\n

His appearance on Piker\u2019s show<\/a> helped turn an otherwise low-profile Missouri primary into a small test case for the party\u2019s socialist left<\/a>, which has increasingly relied on social media personalities, small-dollar donors and activist networks to build support outside traditional party structures.<\/p>\n

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Gray\u2019s campaign said viewers gave more than $30,000 after the Piker appearance. He later appeared on The Majority Report , another left-leaning online program, as his campaign sought to translate national attention into turnout in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

The primary also included former Democratic nominee Jeanette Cass, attorney and Air Force veteran Herrera, radio host Randy Miller, Ashleigh Rogers, Wayne Russell and G. Rick.<\/p>\n

Gray\u2019s nomination is a win for a local Democratic Socialists of America chapter that had not previously backed a federal candidate. But the general election will test whether the kind of coalition that powered him through a fractured Democratic primary can compete in a district intentionally drawn to favor Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/socialist-tenant-organizer-blasted-sell-out-democrats-loses-midwest-primary <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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