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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Socialist candidate Zoran Mamdani stuns the New York Democratic establishment, taking a large plurality of the votes in Tuesday's

primary for mayor. Where does the city's big political race go from here? And is this a signal

where the energy

is in the Democratic Party going into 2026 and perhaps even 2028? Welcome. I'm Kyle Peterson with

the Wall Street Journal. We're joined today by my colleagues on the editorial page, editorial board

member Mene Uquay Barua, and columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady.

Tuesday's results are only preliminary because of New York City's complicated ranked choice voting

system.

But the initial returns are strikingly different than polling, which had former Governor

Andrew Cuomo with a comfortable lead to be

the Democratic Party's next nominee for mayor. The actual outcome of the first round choices on

these ballots is notably different. Zoramandani with 43 and a half percent leading Andrew Cuomo

with 36 percent.

And Brad Lander, another candidate on the progressive side of the Democratic spectrum with 11 percent.

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