Your opponent was famously anti-abortion and against Obamacare. Was your victory an embrace of your progressive agenda, or is this a case of a kind of out-of-step Democrat just losing?

From most people’s perspective, yes, he was not a Democrat. He voted against overtime. He voted against Obamacare. He voted against the Dream Act in 2010. It just was clear: He was not only out of step with the district, but really out of step with the Democratic platform.

So that is really kind of the No. 1 reason that I ran, and why I won.

Bernie Sanders endorsed you. How do you compare your results with his throughout the state? He ran far behind you. What did you do that the progressive on the national ticket did not?

You know, I’ve been endorsed by Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Jan Schakowsky, six other members of Congress, a governor, and then 40 local politicians. I think that I’m a blend of the entire party.

Everyone likes to talk about the party in terms of two or three wings. I think there’s probably 50 wings, if we’re all being honest with one another. We’ve always been a mosaic and where we all connect is around working families and workers.

For me, everything is about alignment. You have to be in alignment with your district. That’s the only reason you should run, and that’s the only reason you should be elected. If you’re in alignment with your district, it really doesn’t matter what is happening nationally.

But you were backed by Justice Democrats, the national group that has been playing up that distinction between progressives and moderates. You did seem to benefit from your association with that national fight.