How Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's NYC Win Shakes Up The Political World

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Voters in New Jersey and Virginia went to the polls yesterday to elect their next governor, while in New York City, residents decided who would be the next mayor of America’s largest city. In all three key elections, the Democratic candidate won. In New York City, self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani is the new mayoral elect, sparking significant reaction across the country. Republican Strategist and founding partner at South and Hill Strategies, Colin Reed, joined the Rundown to break down last night’s results and what they could mean heading into the 2026 Midterm Elections next year. Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a decades-long public career as a White House Chief of Staff, Republican Congressman, Defense Secretary, White House chief, and one of the most powerful American Vice Presidents ever, has died at age 84. Fox News contributor and former Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, reflects on the life and legacy of Vice President Cheney and how they became friends working together in the Bush administration. Plus, Commentary from FOX News Digital columnist David Marcus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Charles Payne.
0:01.0	I'm Martha McCallum.
0:01.9	I'm Ashley Webster, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.4	Wednesday, November 5th, 2025, I'm Eben Brown.
0:12.9	A self-described socialist will be the next mayor of New York City.
0:17.4	Soran Mamdani leads an off-year wave of election victories for Democratic Party candidates.
0:23.5	After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump, how to defeat him, it is the city
0:30.9	that gave rise to him. And Lisa Brady, the life and legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
0:37.6	Maybe five or six years of his adult life was committed to being the CEO of a big company.
0:42.4	The rest of it was devoted to public service. And that says something because he was incredibly smart,
0:47.0	incredibly able. And I'm David Marcus. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
0:57.0	In a Brooklyn, New York dance hall Tuesday night,
1:02.5	a 34-year-old state lawmaker declares victory in the contentious three-way race
1:07.8	to be the next mayor of New York City, America's most populous city.
1:12.1	Zoran Mamdani was the Democratic Party's nominee, but he is actually from the Democratic Socialists of America.
1:19.0	The Ugandan-born Mamdani's campaign has been fraught with controversy.
1:23.2	He's refused to condemn the jihadi rallying calls for intifada at New York's college campuses,
1:29.2	and from a debate stage last month accused the state of Israel of genocide,
1:33.2	though at his victory speech late Tuesday, he promised to fight what he called the scourge
1:37.6	of anti-Semitism. But what made a socialist so appealing to New York City voters?
1:43.6	Arguably, his talk of free public buses,
1:46.3	city-operated grocery stores, more rent control, and hiking taxes on the wealthy.
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