Mamdani-backed socialist wins in New York expose growing rift between Democratic establishment, insurgent left

Ahead of this week's closely watched Democratic congressional primaries in New York, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stressed that the party "must change." On Tuesday, the 34-year-old democratic socialist mayor of the nation's most populous city took a major step toward that goal as three far-left congressional candidates he endorsed and campaigned tirelessly for defeated more mainstream Democrats, including two incumbents. The victories by the Mamdani-backed candidates guarantee that the num