Washington Examiner reporting confirms DSA-affiliated candidates hold positions including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Janeese Lewis George, alongside 2025 convention results showing Groundwork Caucus at 19.6 percent and Socialist Majority Caucus at 16.6 percent of first-rank National Political Committee votes. The organization does not release caucus membership totals. Daily Wire-sourced claims of increasing hostility to the Democratic Party remain unverified.