In early May, nearly 1,400 people flocked to a nightclub in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood to hear Saikat Chakrabarti, a former tech engineer running to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress.
It wasn’t your typical SoMa rave. But Chakrabarti’s calls for a radically different Democratic Party were met with hands in the air, cheers and youthful optimism.
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Challenging the establishment, the Democratic candidate said, is what will allow the party to deliver on issues like Medicare for All, affordable housing and fighting back against the Trump administration.
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