Ryan J. Suto<p>An important win last night, at least for me, was Sarahana Shrestha in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/HudsonValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HudsonValley</span></a>.</p><p>An immigrant from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nepal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nepal</span></a>, a <a href="https://c.im/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climate</span></a> activist and <a href="https://c.im/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialist</span></a>, she went across her 78% white district of mostly small towns (NY103) and beat a 20-yr incumbent in the primary and then a popular Republican realtor last night.</p><p>Such wins are possible, and the Democrats need to pay attention.</p><p><a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/11/08/103rd-assembly-district-sarahana-shrestha-defeats-patrick-sheehan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyfreeman.com/2022/11/08/10</span><span class="invisible">3rd-assembly-district-sarahana-shrestha-defeats-patrick-sheehan/</span></a></p>