Zohran Mamdani’s influence spreads to Congress
The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
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🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All right, let's go to New York where here's what we know about the votes being counted |
| 0:10.2 | this hour in a huge primary night for the first time in this election cycle. |
| 0:15.4 | Not one, but two Democratic incumbents were ousted by true challengers, not run out by Republican gerrymandering. |
| 0:22.2 | Both defeated at the hands of insurgent candidates who were backed by New York City Mayor, |
| 0:26.8 | Zoran Mamdani. Let's start in, I'll open this up so you can see Manhattan. Let's start in |
| 0:31.7 | Manhattan's 10th district in southern Manhattan and Brooklyn. 92% of the vote is in. The Associated |
| 0:37.3 | press projects that Brad Lander has defeated Dan Goldman, |
| 0:41.6 | who is the two-time incumbent in that district. |
| 0:44.6 | Brad Lander, because of the nature of these districts, |
| 0:47.2 | will be the next congressman from New York 10. |
| 0:49.9 | In New York 7, another Mamdani- endorsed candidate. Claire Valdez has defeated Antonio Reynoso. |
| 0:56.3 | This is Lydia Vasquez's old district. |
| 0:58.5 | She's got 56% of the vote with 94% in. |
| 1:01.2 | She will be probably the next member of Congress in that district. |
| 1:04.3 | And again, in District 13 in New York, this is Northern Manhattan and the Bronx. |
| 1:09.4 | A third Mamdani endorsed candidate has won there. |
| 1:12.5 | Darya Liza Avila Chevalier has beaten Adriano Espayat. Espayat is the dean of Latino politics, |
| 1:19.1 | democratic politics in New York. He's the head of the congressional Hispanic caucus. |
| 1:24.3 | He has gone down to defeat in that district. There are many other districts with |
| 1:27.5 | interesting stories to tell. We are right now 132 days away from the first midterms of Donald |
| 1:34.3 | Trump's second term. We're following results in these key primary races across four states, |
| 1:39.5 | not just one that are going to shape the state of the opposition party, the Democrats, |
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