New: Erika Uyterhoeven, a DSA member, has won a Dem primary for the MA House (in Middlesex). (She won't face a Nov. opponent, so will win seat.)

She ran with the endorsement of Boston DSA, & also other groups like AFL-CIO & AFT. Housing was important: https://somerville.wickedlocal.com/news/20200824/column-difference-between-erika-uyterhoeven-and-catia-sharp---housing-and-more

NEW: State Senator James Welch has *lost* his re-election bid to a challenger from his left, Adam Gomez.

This is the first Massachusetts incumbent ousted tonight (many more to watch). Gomez won't face an opponent in Nov in this Hampden County race.

NEW: State Rep. David Nangle has LOST his re-election bid against challenger Vanna Howard.

Nangle is a conservative Dem who endorsed Scott Brown over Elizabeth Warren in 2012 & who has an "F" grade from Progressive Mass. He's the 2nd Dem incumbent ousted from his left tonight.

NEW: Another candidate endorsed by @ProgressiveMass wins a legislative primary, this time in an open race: Orlando Ramos, who fought for a ban on facial surveillance in Springfield as a city councilor, has prevailed in a Hampden County district.

NEW: And here's another victory for a candidate backed by Progressive Mass: Steve Owens won a 3-way open primary in Middlesex County on a progressive platform, and so is virtually certain to be joining the state House as well.

Coda on this thread of 5 new progressives: *Many* centrist-to-conservative incumbents being helped by the GOP governor's PAC, & won against progressive challengers. (The one incumbent challenged **from the right** won too.) So overall, this was not an earthquake in the state.