Mayor Mamdani Flexes His Power in the Midterms

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🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York swept the city’s Democratic primaries.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.
0:08.9	Good evening, everyone.
0:11.3	What a good evening it is.
0:14.3	On Tuesday, a blowout in the New York primary cemented Mayor Zoran Mamdani as a local kingmaker.
0:25.6	What you all have shown this evening, whether for state assembly, state senate, or Congress,
0:30.1	is that a year ago, it was not the end of a political movement.
0:32.5	It was the beginning.
0:40.3	All of his chosen candidates won, and their victories pointed to a growing movement within the Democratic Party. —
0:41.3	— DSA!
0:42.3	—
0:43.3	Today, political reporter Nick Fandos explains whether their victories help Democrats in the midterms
0:50.3	or put their chances of winning control of Congress at risk.
1:01.8	It's Thursday, June 25th.
1:07.5	Nick Fandos, welcome to the Daily.
1:08.9	So glad to be here.
1:13.1	Mayor Memadhi is having a very good couple of weeks, it seems.
1:15.3	Yeah, an incredible couple of weeks.
1:18.3	The Knicks are NBA championships.
1:18.7	Yep.
1:23.5	The World Cup, his beloved sporting event, is taking place just across the river in New Jersey.
1:30.6	And this week, the mayor made a pretty audacious political gamble in a series of important congressional races in New York City, and he won every single one of them.
1:35.6	So, okay, as much as I want to talk to you about the Knicks, you are here to talk about
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