Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Try Boosting Progressives in Red Districts

In highly competitive House races that Democrats need to flip in November, the left is betting that calls for universal health care and taxing the wealthy will resonate — even among Republicans.Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said running candidates who stand up for the working class should be a “winning formula in almost every part of the country.” Mr. Sanders campaigned with Abdul El-Sayed, a Senate candidate from Michigan, in early May.