Fentanyl Test Strips and Free Condoms: Inside the Socialists’ Big Election Night Celebration

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Scenes from the Metro D.C. DSA watch party Tuesday night. From left: DSA chair Kurtis Hagans speaks as Hasan Piker plays on a monitor, Fentanyl test strips and condoms on a table, attendees at Hook Hall in northern D.C.

Photos by Eva Terry

Tuesday was a good night for the Democratic Socialists of America. Their presence in the House of Representatives more than doubled, thanks to the landslide victories of DSA-endorsed House candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier (New York), Claire Valdez (New York), Donavan McKinney (Michigan), Chris Rabb (Pennsylvania), and Melat Kiros (Colorado).

Even in districts where non-DSA candidates were expected to win comfortably, the races were surprisingly close. In Florida, where President Trump beat Kamala Harris by 13.1 percentage points in 2024, DSA candidate Angie Nixon lost to incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody by just two points.

Eva Terry

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Eva Terry

Eva Terry is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature, Korean, and computer science.

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