In marquee Senate primaries in Michigan and Minnesota, progressive candidates defeated two members of Congress with significant backing from party leaders. And in Connecticut, voters ousted one of the longest-serving Democrats in Congress for a challenger who campaigned on generational change. Beyond that looms the 2028 presidential race, when a new generation of leaders will compete to shape a changing Democratic Party. And unlike El-Sayed, Hong did not receive the backing of some of the nation’s most prominent progressive leaders, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Candidates running on populist economic messages have found growing success with Democratic voters.