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Socialist election wins spawn wider identity questions for Democrats
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s audacious bid to upend the city’s political establishment paid off handsomely in Tuesday night’s state primary election, when two of the progressive insurgents that he anointed beat Democratic congressional incumbents and a third won an open House seat. Democracy Dies in Darkness Socialist election wins spawn wider identity questions for Democrats Primary victories for leftist candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani foretell bigger battles for a...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s audacious bid to upend the city’s political establishment paid off handsomely in Tuesday night’s state primary election, when two of the progressive insurgents that he anointed beat Democratic congressional incumbents and a third won an open House seat.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Socialist election wins spawn wider identity questions for Democrats
Primary victories for leftist candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani foretell bigger battles for a party trying to win back power nationally.