The 2026 midterm elections were historic for Democrats, but those who kept the Golden State blue are adamant that now is not the time for party leaders to get complacent.
Bay Area voters rallied in San Francisco and San José on Saturday to celebrate a “tsunami” of firsts and accomplishments for the Democratic Party – multiple flipped red-to-blue seats, the first-ever Black female governor in the country and the first Muslim member of the Senate, to name a few – in what many say is a repudiation of President Donald Trump and the issues that took priority in his Make America Great Again movement.
Organized by the Can’t Stop California campaign, the demonstrations brought together unions, advocates, community members and some elected officials to take the win in stride.
“Our work is just beginning, because he has left a tsunami of horror and a horrible mess behind him,” Lisa Hesselgesser of Oakland said at the San Francisco rally. “Top Democrats – their main concern should be supporting the new Democrats coming in.”…