In a campaign video released in May, Jackie Fielder, who’s running for State Senate in a district representing a million residents in San Francisco, pulls no punches.

Over shots of homeless city residents and shiny skyscrapers, Fielder narrates, “Our state senator is the most real-estate-backed politician in California.” Fielder is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and she is endorsed by both local and national bodies of DSA. Like many DSA-backed campaigns, hers features a strong focus on economic equality and an unsparing critique of her Democratic Party primary opponent Scott Wiener.

“I’m taking on a politician, who’s chosen to put his backers in the real estate and charter school lobbies above his working-class constituents here in District 11,” Fielder adds. “Here’s what I’m about: homes that are affordable to us all, housing the homeless, making our public education system the greatest in the country, and fighting the climate crisis. 2020 is the year we take back our district, our state, and our country from corporate interests and put working people first.”