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15 Under-the-Radar Progressive Wins of Election 2013
http://billmoyers.com/2013/11/06/15-under-the-radar-progressive-wins-of-election-2013/15 Under-the-Radar Progressive Wins of Election 2013
November 6, 2013
Progressives have plenty to celebrate after last night’s off-off-year elections. Some of those victories were national news – Bill de Blasio’s win in the New York mayoral race, Martin Walsh becoming the new pro-labor mayor of Boston and New Jersey voters both raising the Garden State’s minimum wage to $8.25 per hour and amending the state’s constitution so it will rise with inflation in the future.
But there were other, smaller wins in local races that got considerably less attention. Many pitted grassroots activists against deep pocketed corporate interests. You can’t win them all, but here’s a roundup of some under-the-radar progressive victories of election 2013…
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