Democrats downplay divisions after left wing delivers stunning victories in New York
Key takeaways
- The wins by the three candidates supported by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) had a heavy left-wing tilt.
- It was also a seriously bad outcome for the Democratic establishment, with candidates supported by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other powerful figures all on the losing side.
- Centrist Democrats said they worried the New York results could hurt the party s effort in the fall to win back the House majority by tying candidates across the country to democratic socialism.
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The wins by the three candidates supported by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) had a heavy left-wing tilt. Two were democratic socialist candidates, while the third ousted Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) with a campaign message heavy on criticism of the incumbent s position on Israel.
It was also a seriously bad outcome for the Democratic establishment, with candidates supported by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other powerful figures all on the losing side. It came almost exactly a year after Mamdani s win in the New York City primary race for mayor caught members of the Democratic establishment by surprise.
Centrist Democrats said they worried the New York results could hurt the party s effort in the fall to win back the House majority by tying candidates across the country to democratic socialism.