Adelita Grijalva remains heavily favored to win the House seat of her late father, Raúl Grijalva, but youthful challengers and tired voters are asking why change is so hard for Democrats.
President Trump claimed that the New York mayoral candidate, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was “here illegally,” his latest effort to promote false conspiracy theories about political opponents.
Three very different politicians — from New York, Virginia and New Jersey — won elections this month with a common theme: leadership for the next generation.
Three very different politicians — from New York, Virginia and New Jersey — won elections this month with a common theme: leadership for the next generation.
The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.
Black city leaders are worried their influence is waning at a moment when the rising costs that Zohran Mamdani put at the center of his campaign are pushing Black New Yorkers out of the city.
Election Day at the Brooklyn Museum. A New York Times analysis of the primary results shows that Andrew M. Cuomo dominated in precincts where at least 70 percent of residents are Black, more than doubling Zohran Mamdani, 59 percent to 26 percent.
While Zohran Mamdani won over some Jewish supporters, other Jewish Democrats suggested that concerns about their community’s safety are being dismissed in a movement and a city they helped build.
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani celebrated on election night with Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller. They had formed an alliance with cross-endorsements in the mayoral race.
The term has no singular definition. But simply put, it’s an ideology rooted in its opposition to capitalism and wanting to shift power from corporations to workers.
Zohran Mamdani’s performance in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York on Tuesday positions him to potentially become one of the most prominent democratic socialists in the country.