Democrats are recruiting a primary challenger to Fetterman, but trying to stop one against Jeffries

NEW YORK, November 20 (C'est Vrai) — The Working Families Party has announced it is actively recruiting a candidate to primary Sen. John K. Fetterman (D-Pa.), whilst U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DSA-N.Y. 14) and Mayor-elect Zohran K. Mamdani (DSA-New York City) are trying to stop a planned primary against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY 8). Democrats seemingly can't agree on "change."

Further Reading :

• John Fetterman to Be Primaried [Newsweek]
  Nov. 20, 2025 — Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is expected to face a primary challenge in 2028, as discontent grows among some Democrats over his increasingly outspoken breaks with the party. In a post on X, the Pennsylvania Working Families Party said it intends to mount a primary challenge against Fetterman in 2028, vowing to recruit a candidate who can take on the Democrat.
• Mamdani pleads directly with NYC-DSA to not back Chi Osse’s run against Hakeem Jeffries [The New York Daily News]
  Nov. 19, 2025 — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appeared at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting Wednesday night to urge the group to not endorse his onetime campaign surrogate Chi Osse’s 2026 challenge against Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries — a sticky situation that spotlights a power struggle unfolding inside the leftist organization.
• Ocasio-Cortez says primary challenge to Hakeem Jeffries not a ‘good thing right now’ [The Hill]
  Nov. 18, 2025 — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is signaling that she will not support a primary challenge to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in next year’s race. Chi Ossé, a member of the New York City Council and a democratic socialist, filed paperwork on Monday to run against Jeffries in the Empire State’s 8th Congressional District.

Key Words :

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Chi Ossé
• Hakeem Jeffries
• John K. Fetterman
• Working Families Party
• Zohran K. Mamdani