Trump Blasts 'Communists' After Mamdani-Backed Candidates Score New York Primary Wins
Mamdani-backed challengers won three congressional races and helped defeat nine Democratic incumbents, according to Tuesday night results.
- On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's endorsed candidates swept three congressional primaries, toppling two incumbents and cementing democratic socialist representation in Congress.
- A wave of anti-establishment sentiment fueled by Mamdani's political capital powered the victories, signaling that the Democratic Socialists of America are an ascendant force within New York's political landscape.
- Former City Comptroller Brad Lander defeated Rep. Dan Goldman with 62% to 38%, while state Assembly Member Claire Valdez and graduate student Darializa Avila Chevalier ousted Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Rep. Adriano Espaillat, respectively.
- New York Attorney General James criticized the results, stating she and other Democratic leaders are "disappointed" in Mamdani, while urging the party to avoid fracturing over the shift.
- The National Republican Congressional Committee sarcastically posted condolences to Democratic leaders, claiming the victories signal the party is being taken over by socialists, according to Republican statements.
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Why urban Democrats love socialists now
Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, casts his ballot at a polling location inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art during early voting for a primary election in New York, on June 20, 2026. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Democratic socialists won big in New York’s primaries Tuesday, as two members of the Democratic Socialists of America defeated the Democratic establishment choices in congressional primaries, and several more triumphed …
‘King of New York’: Mamdani’s 3-for-3 primary night puts NYC Democrats on notice
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsed candidates won all three of their congressional primaries Tuesday, expanding the influence of New York City’s democratic socialist movement and raising new questions about the direction of the city’s Democratic Party. The victories by Brad Lander in the 10th Congressional District, Claire Valdez in the 7th District and Darializa Avila Chevalier in the 13th District gave Mamdani his biggest political win since taki…
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