Not a single one of the DCCC members belongs to the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which, with more than 95 members, is the largest single bloc within the House Democratic Caucus. Several progressive organizations criticized the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ’s leadership for lacking representation from the party’s left wing. In addition, there will be other DCCC leadership positions for progressive members to fill in the future, according to Smith. The public squabble over progressive representation in DCCC leadership partly reflects a debate over the lessons from the successful 2018 midterm election. Progressive candidates running in GOP-held districts defeated DCCC-endorsed candidates just twice in 2018 primaries; both progressive candidates ― Dana Balter in New York and Kara Eastman in Nebraska ― went on to lose in the general election.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2019 00:22 UTC