The following list shows the election victories and losses for socialist candidates running for office during the 2018 midterm elections. The list was created by the team at StoppingSocialism.com.

How did we define “socialist” when constructing this list?: This list includes all candidates for governor, U.S. House, and U.S. Senate endorsed by Our Revolution (Bernie Sanders’ far-left political group) and/or the Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States. It also includes all state legislative candidates that support/are members of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Some important highlights: This list includes 86 separate races in 35 states. We tracked 30 state legislative seats, five gubernatorial races, one state AG, 46 U.S. House seats, and four U.S. Senate seats. We discovered socialist candidates lost 52 of those races and won 34 (39.5 percent). If uncontested races are excluded, socialist candidates received on average 49 percent of the vote. Their principal opponent received on average 46.9 percent of the vote. On average, socialist candidates’ performed 2 percentage points better than their principal opponent, if uncontested races are excluded. With uncontested races included, socialists on average won by 11.1 percentage points.

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Socialist Candidates in 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections

Candidate Name (Last) S Office Party Win or Loss in 2018 Gallego AZ U.S. House D WIN Grijalva AZ U.S. House D WIN Romero AZ AZ House D LOSS Beckles CA Calif. House D LOSS Campa-Najjar CA U.S. House D LOSS Chu CA U.S. House D WIN de Leon CA U.S. Senate D LOSS Denney CA U.S. House D LOSS Estrada CA Calif. House D LOSS Kim CA Calif. Senate D WIN Lee CA U.S. House D WIN Levin CA U.S. House D WIN Porter CA U.S. House D LOSS Rouda CA U.S. House D LOSS Gonzales CO Colorado Sen. D WIN Fontaine CT Conn. House D LOSS Flores FL U.S. House D LOSS Gillum FL Florida Gov. D LOSS Patel FL U.S. House D LOSS Abrams GA Georgia Gov. D LOSS Ring GA U.S. House D LOSS Gabbard HI U.S. House D WIN Perruso HI Hawaii House D WIN Scholten IA U.S. House D LOSS Jordan ID Idaho Gov. D LOSS Garcia IL U.S. House D WIN Watson IN U.S. House D LOSS Thompson KS U.S. House D LOSS Walker KY U.S. House D LOSS Trundle LA U.S. House D LOSS McGovern MA U.S. House D WIN Pressley MA U.S. House D WIN Acevero MD MD House D WIN Jealous MD MD Gov. D LOSS Raskin MD U.S. House D WIN Stewart MD MD House D WIN Mele ME Maine House D LOSS Ringelstein ME U.S. Senate D LOSS Sylvester ME Maine House D WIN Tlaib MI U.S. House D WIN Ellison MN Minn. AG D WIN Omar MN U.S. House D WIN Bahr MT Mont. House D WIN Marquez MT Mont. House D LOSS Horton NC U.S. House D LOSS Rixon NC NC House D LOSS Buffalo ND ND House D WIN Coryell NE Neb. Senate I LOSS Davis NE Neb. Senate I LOSS Eastman NE U.S. House D LOSS Haaland NM U.S. House D WIN Balter NY U.S. House D LOSS Cobb NY U.S. House D LOSS Kirchgessner NY NY Senate D/WFP LOSS Ocasio-Cortez NY U.S. House D WIN Salazar NY NY Senate D WIN Shirley NY U.S. House D LOSS Fiedler PA Penn. House D WIN Innamorato PA Penn. House D WIN King PA U.S. House D LOSS Lee PA Penn. House D WIN Seale PA Penn. House D LOSS Bell RI RI Senate D WIN Geren SC U.S. House D LOSS Creasy TN Tenn. House D LOSS Nelson TN Tenn. House D LOSS Robinson TN Tenn. Senate D WIN Salinas TN Tenn. Senate D LOSS Bell TX U.S. House D LOSS Escobar TX U.S. House D WIN Fagan TX U.S. House D LOSS Holguin TX U.S. House D LOSS O’Rourke TX U.S. Senate D LOSS Siegel TX U.S. House D LOSS Singer UT U.S. House D LOSS Cockburn VA U.S. House D LOSS Flaccavento VA U.S. House D LOSS Lewis VA U.S. House D LOSS Hallquist VT Vermont Gov. D LOSS Sanders VT U.S. Senate I WIN Jayapal WA U.S. House D WIN Morgan WA Wash. House D WIN Smith WA U.S. House D LOSS Smith WA Wash. House D LOSS Bryce WI U.S. House D LOSS Pocan WI U.S. House D WIN

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