Mamdani rolls up sweeping victories for hard left in New York primaries
Key takeaways
- In a third race, he took on the candidate endorsed by the progressive lawmaker retiring from the seat.
- The results are also likely to lead to some bitterness in corners of the congressional delegation after Mamdani muscled out one respected incumbent who had backed him in his own mayoral race last year.
- The most stunning result of the evening was democratic socialist and community activist Darializa Avila Chevalier s upset victory over Rep.
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There were questions ahead of the races on whether Mamdani, who was just inaugurated as mayor in January, would pull off the wins by backing upstart Democratic socialist candidates and a former rival against two Democratic incumbents in the House. In a third race, he took on the candidate endorsed by the progressive lawmaker retiring from the seat.
In the end, the nation s newest political star became an overnight kingmaker in the country s biggest city, a showing likely to raise immediate questions about whether Mamdani will seek to extend his reach from New York to the rest of the country.
The results are also likely to lead to some bitterness in corners of the congressional delegation after Mamdani muscled out one respected incumbent who had backed him in his own mayoral race last year.