NC-04: Progressive groups back a new recruit in North Carolina in their push to oust House Democrats [View all]

Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam is launching a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Valerie Foushee of North Carolina with a slew of national progressive endorsements — the latest sign that the effort on the left to defeat sitting Democrats is more energized and organized than ever before.

“At a certain point we as a Democratic Party, and our leadership, we need to look at the urgency of what our residents are living with every single day. They can’t wait for relief. They can’t wait for three years for new leadership to fight for them. They need a champion now,” Allam told NBC News ahead of her Thursday campaign launch.

Allam is one of several challengers who have launched campaigns against House Democrats they believe are falling short in the fight against President Donald Trump’s administration. But Allam said she is the first to launch her campaign with a particular set of endorsements, from the groups Justice Democrats, Leaders We Deserve, the Working Families Party and the Sunrise Movement, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Those groups and figures have endorsed a number of candidates across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. But the races in which those efforts overlap highlight how the anti-incumbent movement has evolved into a broader, and bigger, effort to reshape the Democratic Party.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/progressive-challenger-primaries-democrats-bernie-sanders-endorsement-rcna248387