How Summer Lee's historic win in Pa.'s 12th Congressional District reverberates beyond politics

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(link) https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election2022/2022/11/13/summer-lee-pennsylvania-12th-congressional-district/stories/202211120074

Summer Lee’s historic victory in Tuesday’s midterm election secured her a place in history as Pennsylvania’s first Black congresswoman, but experts and organizers say her win speaks to a broader movement that is focused on representation and beliefs rather than solely electability.

“I think this is a moment that Black voters have been waiting for for quite some time here in Pennsylvania — to know that our voices are being heard and that our needs will begin to get to be met,” said Kadida Kenner, executive director of the New Pennsylvania Project, an organization that focuses year-round on registering Pennsylvanians to vote.

Ms. Lee’s underdog campaign earned her a U.S. House seat last week, but it began in earnest in 2018 when she unseated a 10-year Democratic establishment incumbent in the primary for the Pennsylvania House 34th District.

In her campaign for Congress, she faced replacing the retiring Mike Doyle, a 15-term moderate Democrat, all while going up against a Republican candidate of the same name.

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Congratulations and best wishes to our new Representative Summer Lee!

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1. Except that we believe in the same ideals, we're about the furthest apart demographically.

I was so happy to have her as a candidate and to see her win.

I keep telling myself that we can't allow the establishment to tell us who we have to vote for or who/what we have to accept - all of this us versus them and othering is meant to divide and to keep those in charge in control.

All of us should be voting for candidates like Summer Lee - regardless of our age, gender, or race.