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It can happen here, to Zohran

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By James N. Gregory, Professor of History, University of Washington.It has happened before: an upset victory by a democratic socialist in an important primary election after an extraordinary grassroots campaign.In the summer of 1934, Upton Sinclair earned the kind of headlines that greeted Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory on June 24, 2025, in the New York City mayoral election.Mamdani’s win surprised nearly everyone. Not just because he beat the…

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It can happen here, to Zohran

By James N. Gregory, Professor of History, University of Washington.It has happened before: an upset victory by a democratic socialist in an important primary election after an extraordinary grassroots campaign.In the summer of 1934, Upton Sinclair earned the kind of headlines that greeted Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory on June 24, 2025, in the New York City mayoral election.Mamdani’s win surprised nearly everyone. Not just because he beat the…

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