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Out now from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel

Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Democrat Connor Lamb's victory in the special election for a Southwest Pennsylvania congressional seat is a stunning rebuke for Republicans.

But Lamb is far from an ideal candidate. One of his ads, for example, featured a photo of him shooting in AR-15.

So the race also raises a perennial debate between the left and liberal center over what kind of alternative to the Republican right we need.

On the one hand, Blue Dog and establishment types will argue that Lamb's victory demonstrates that

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