Red States Win if NYC Moves Left with Democrat Mayor Mamdani
- Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York State Assemblyman, decisively won the June 24, 2025, Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo by about 10 points.
- Mamdani's rise followed Cuomo's 2021 resignation amidst scandal and was fueled by voters seeking a progressive alternative amid rising housing costs and crime concerns.
- Mamdani campaigned on policies including rent freezes, building 200,000 affordable homes, free buses, and universal childcare, while courting diverse voters, such as the city’s 750,000 Muslims and South Asians.
- Observers noted Mamdani’s victory as significant, with the National Republican Congressional Committee calling him the “new face of the Democrat Party” whose policies are “straight out of a socialist nightmare.”
- Mamdani is the presumptive nominee for the November 4, 2025, general election, though some analysts caution his win does not guarantee success due to opponents emphasizing law-and-order platforms.
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NEW YORK >> Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist whose blend of populist ideas and personal magnetism catapulted his upstart candidacy, won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City by a significant margin, according to The Associated Press.
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Red states win if NYC moves left with Democrat mayor Mamdani
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democratic leaders were struggling to bring themselves to endorse Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani even after his huge primary night victory last Tuesday


Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primaries of New York City mayor's office has placed him as the target of the U.S. president, while representing a revulsion for an opposition to Trump in need of momentum.
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