State Representative Summer Lee is setting her sights on Capitol Hill.

She announced just moments ago that she is running for U.S. Representative Mike Doyle

seat.

He announced yesterday that he will not seek reelection.

Back in 2018, after Summer Lee had managed a successful writing campaign for a schoolboard

candidate in the Pittsburgh area, her friends in the local Democratic Socialist of America

chapter suggested she take a shot at primary state representative Paul Costa, who had been

representing the district for nearly 20 years.

In 2018, community organizer and Howard Law School grad, Summer Lee, mounted a primary

challenge against an incumbent state representative, a popular establishment Democrat, who had held

his seat for 19 years.

In a stunning upset that made national news, she crushed him by more than two to one.

Summer Lee and Sarah in a marado each defeated incumbents to win their primary races for the

Pennsylvania State Legislature.

At same year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upset Joe Crowley and the other three members of

the squad won their races and went to Congress.

Summer Lee, the first black woman from Western Pennsylvania elected to the legislature, continued

building her base of support, and in the four years since then, she's built something

of a Democratic Socialist machine helping candidates across the area, oust and components,

and shift the balance of power.

This cycle, with Congressman Mike Doyle announcing his retirement, she stepped into the open

primary.

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