Interesting Oak Park and Danny Davis reference here from the March-April 1996 “New Ground,” published by the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), revving up for the coming primry:

The Seventh Congressional District runs from the lakefront straight west to the Cook County border. If you’d like to get involved, contact the Davis for Congress headquarters: (312) 626-1996. Folks out in Oak Park can also call Larry Shapiro at (708) 445-0072.

Contributions can be sent to Davis for Congress, 5730 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60651. Note that Federal law requires political committees (i.e. Davis for Congress) to report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in a calendar year.

Davis won in April and November, has been Illinois 7th’s man in Congress since that time.  Before he had put a foot in Congress, he had socialists’ support.  “New Ground” tells why:

Danny Davis is certainly not foreign to Chicago DSA. From the very beginning, he has always been willing to help: appearing as a speaker with Michael Harrington, serving as a Master of Ceremonies without peer at the annual Debs – Thomas – Harrington Dinner.

If there’s been dissatisfaction with him on socialists’ part since then, it has not surfaced.  At least in 2002, if not before and since, he belonged in Congress to the Progressive Caucus, with these leading-edge worthies:

Neil Abercrombie — Hawaii
Tammy Baldwin — Wisconsin
Xavier Becerra — California
David Bonior — Michigan
Corrine Brown — Florida
Sherron Brown — Ohio
Michael Capuano — Massachusetts
Julia Carson — Indiana
William “Lacy” Clay — Missouri
John Conyers — Michigan
Danny Davis — Illinois
Peter DeFazio — Oregon
Rosa DeLauro — Connecticut
Lane Evans — Illinois
Eni Faleomavaega — Am Samoa
Sam Farr — California
Chaka Fattah — Pennsylvania
Bob Filner — California
Barney Frank — Massachusetts
Luis Gutierrez — Illinois
Earl Hilliard — Alabama
Maurice Hinchey — New York
Jesse Jackson Jr. — Illinois
Sheila Jackson-Lee — Texas
Stephanie Tubbs Jones — Ohio
Marcy Kaptur — Ohio
Dennis Kucinich — Ohio
Tom Lantos — California
Barbara Lee — California
John Lewis — Georgia
Jim McDermott — Washington
James P. McGovern — Massachusetts
Cynthia McKinney — Georgia
Carrie Meek — Florida
George Miller — California
Patsy Mink — Hawaii
Jerry Nadler — New York
Eleanor Holmes Norton — D.C.
John Olver — Massachusetts
Major Owens — New York
Ed Pastor — Arizona
Donald Payne — New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi — California
Bobby Rush — Illinois
Bernie Sanders — Vermont [Socialist]
Jan Schakowsky — Illinois
Jose Serrano — New York
Hilda Solis — California
Pete Stark — California
Bennie Thompson — Mississippi
John Tierney — Massachusetts
Tom Udall — New Mexico
Nydia Velazquez — New York
Maxine Waters — California
Diane Watson — California
Mel Watt — North Carolina
Henry Waxman — California
Paul Wellstone — Minnesota
Lynn Woolsey — California