Win, and El-Sayed proves the party doesn’t need to be scared of candidates who are a little more ideologically rigid. As as Democratic voters have turned sharply against Israel in recent years, being known as the candidate of AIPAC and being pro-Israel is increasingly an attack line in Democratic primaries. Another good day for the DSAEl-Sayed’s win was hardly the only major victory for the left wing of the Democratic Party on Tuesday. CNN is also now projecting that democratic socialist state Rep. Donavan McKinney ousted Rep. Shri Thanedar in the Detroit-based 13th district. Trump actually carried the district by two points in 2024, even as Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet won.