Zohran Mamdani set out to push the Democratic Party in his own direction — younger, further left, more ambitious and less deferential to its established leaders. On Tuesday, New York City’s voters told him to keep going.
In his biggest political risk since winning office last year, the pathbreaking millennial mayor backed a pair of challengers seeking to unseat Democratic incumbents in Congress while breaking with local leaders over a third, open seat.
The results signaled that Mamdani’s sway over the city’s more liberal electorate extends even when he isn’t on the ballot.
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