Zohran Mamdani and DSA-Aligned Candidates Score Major Upsets in New York Primaries
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Steven Zeitchik
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Zohran Mamdani's progressive campaign in New York State's primaries, backed by leftist streamer Hasan Piker, led to three major wins for DSA and DSA-aligned Congressional candidates, challenging Democratic incumbents and establishments. The results signal a significant shift in New York's political landscape with implications for national politics, tech, Hollywood, and democracy itself.
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Twitter / XZohran Mamdani and DSA-Aligned Candidates Score Major Upsets in New York Primarieshollywoodreporter.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe mayor of the country's largest city didn't bow to New York's various establishments and the custom of letting incumbents be incumbents; instead, he went full Ryland Grace to try to steer the world in the direction he wanted at a moment he saw as existential.
Fueled by Mamdani (and no small dosage of leftist political streamer Hasan Piker), two races that many thought gimmes became battlegrounds between progressive Democrats and Democratic socialists.
With DSA and DSA-Aligned Congressional candidates staging three big wins, a new plot twist in our Trump sequel emerges.
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