Zohran Mamdani’s lead in first choices in New York City’s ranked choice mayoral primary, and his inevitable victory when second, third, fourth and fifth choices of trailing candidates are allocated to candidates voters ranked lower, mean that he’ll be the Democratic nominee for mayor of the nation’s largest city and the likely winner of the general election in November.
His tweeting history includes “NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #Defund the NYPD”, “Queer liberation means defund the police” and “Defunding the police is a feminist issue.”
Why did Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo, who, like his father, was elected three times as governor? One reason: he’s a likeable candidate with clever, memorable ads and a vigorous
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