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Rhode Island. Most politicians who emerge victorious on election night don't have their victory

speech introduced by their field director, but most campaigns aren't run like Zoron Mamdani's,

which saw an astronomical 100,000 volunteers

knock on three million doors to deliver him victory in the New York City mayoral race.

On stage that election night, it was Zoran's field director, Tasha Van Aachen, who spoke before bringing out the socialist

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