Former Biden Aide Predicts DSA Will Lose Influence in 2028 Democratic Primary
If the prediction holds, the Democratic Party's 2028 nominee selection process could marginalize its most left-leaning factions, continuing a pattern of centrist consolidation that Third Way has...
Yemisi Egbewole, a senior fellow at the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way and a former aide in the Biden administration, said publicly on October 19, 2026, that the Democratic Socialists of America will be sidelined in the 2028 presidential primary cycle, according to Fox News.
Egbewole's remarks were made in a media appearance and included the phrase "baby gets put in a corner," a colloquial reference to marginalization. She offered no specific electoral or delegate math to support the prediction, and no polling or primary calendar data were cited in the report.
Third Way describes itself as a think tank representing the moderate wing of the Democratic Party. The organization has published multiple policy papers explicitly arguing that the party must distance itself from Democratic Socialist positions on issues including Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and federal defund-the-police rhetoric. Those positions are documented on Third Way's public website and in its published reports.
The DSA, by contrast, has reported membership growth in recent election cycles. According to DSA's own publicly released organizational data, national membership reached approximately 92,000 dues-paying members in 2022. The organization has not released a comparable 2026 figure in publicly available records as of this publication date.
In the 2026 midterm cycle, DSA-endorsed candidates competed in several House Democratic primaries. The outcomes of those races vary by district and are a matter of public congressional record. What is not yet established is a comprehensive win-loss record for DSA-backed candidates in 2026 primaries that would serve as a factual baseline for evaluating Egbewole's prediction.
The tension between centrist and progressive factions within the Democratic Party has been a documented feature of primary contests since at least 2018, when DSA member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated incumbent Representative Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district primary. That result is on record with the New York State Board of Elections.
Fox News, which published the Egbewole interview, is a privately held media outlet. The report did not include a response from DSA leadership or any DSA-endorsed elected official. The Congressional Times contacted Third Way's press office for additional documentation of Egbewole's specific claims; no response had been received at time of publication.
The 2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar has not been formally set by the Democratic National Committee as of October 2026. The DNC's rules and bylaws committee, which controls primary scheduling and delegate allocation rules, has not published a finalized 2028 calendar in any document reviewed for this story. The delegate rules governing that primary will determine, in measurable terms, how much structural influence any ideological faction can exercise over the nominee selection process.
What remains unknown is whether Egbewole's prediction is grounded in internal party polling, delegate math, or organizational intelligence not yet in the public record. The document that would answer that question is a formal Third Way analysis or DNC internal polling memo, neither of which has been released publicly as of this date.
For context on related Democratic Party electoral dynamics, see Trump Rallies in Kansas as Senate Race Tests GOP Immigration Messaging, which examines how both parties are positioning ahead of competitive 2026 and 2028 contests.