"Michael Luo, executive editor: I was deeply moved by Mamdani's speech last night, particularly the moment when he spoke about people whom he said are "so often forgotten by the politics of our city," and he went on to tick them off. "I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas," he said. "Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses. Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties.""
"Eric Lach, a staff writer covering New York politics: It's a historic moment for all kinds of reasons. Mamdani ran the sort of mayoral race that the city had never seen before. He brought New Yorkers into the political process who'd never been brought in before. He took on the Democratic Party establishment and won, and he'll now become the most uncompromisingly leftist mayor in the history of the city, at the age of thirty-four."
Democrats won major statewide and municipal contests in New Jersey and Virginia while Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoralty, generating momentum for the party after Trump's reëlection. Mamdani ran an unconventional, grassroots campaign that mobilized previously disengaged voters, challenged the local Democratic establishment, and prevailed. At thirty-four, he will become one of the most uncompromisingly leftist mayors in the city's history. His victory marks a historic milestone as a Muslim American and South Asian immigrant, and signals a recalibration and renewed energy within Democratic politics heading into future contests.
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