It’s official: Zohran Mamdani (34 years old) is New York City’s new mayor.
From the New York Times:
Zohran Mamdani, after a triumphant campaign built on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become the city’s first Muslim mayor, and its youngest in more than a century.
Elsewhere, Democrats won races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and Californians approved a redistricting initiative designed to add Democratic seats in the House of Representatives for next year’s midterm elections.
We have a mayor’s race here in Seattle as well, with incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell leading progressive activist Katie Wilson by some 7%, but it’s still very early in the ballot counting.
And here’s the headline from Fox News: “Socialist shockwave: Zohran Mamdani stuns NYC as voters hand power to Democrats’ far-left flank”.