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Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party’s Future

At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left.

© Haiyun Jiang/NYT; Charlie Riedel/AP; KC McGinnis for the NYT; Todd Heisler/NYT; Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

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Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout

Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.

© Quinn Glabicki for The New York Times

Elaine Luria, a moderate Democrat, reclaimed a House seat in Virginia that she lost four years ago.
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Ocasio-Cortez Has Evolved. She Wants the Left to Evolve, Too.

The New York congresswoman, once a bane of establishment Democrats, has tried to nudge her movement in a bigger-tent direction as she weighs her 2028 options.

© Tailyr Irvine for The New York Times

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York joined Sam Forstag, a House candidate in Montana, at a rally in Missoula, in May. She has campaigned in several states this cycle.
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