What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

A West Coast version of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is playing out in Portland. But the socialist city councilors, who say the city has been “run by the rich” for too long, are facing significant opposition.

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The Wary, Warming, Wildly Consequential Alliance of Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani

She was the ‘big sister’ he hoped to impress. He seemed inexperienced to her. Now, they’re the faces of a political movement — and New York is its test case.

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Mamdani Pushed to Cut 1,300 Officers From a ‘Racist’ N.Y.P.D. in 2022

Zohran Mamdani has said that critical remarks he made in 2020 about the police do not reflect his views. But as a state assemblyman in 2022, he still held anti-police positions.

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Bernie Sanders to Host Zohran Mamdani at Fighting Oligarchy Event in Brooklyn

Mr. Sanders will host the Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York City at a town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday night. The two marched in a Labor Day parade that morning in Manhattan.

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The N.Y. Assembly’s Most Powerful Democrat Has Been Slow to Back Mamdani

Carl Heastie, the speaker of the Assembly, has not yet endorsed his fellow lawmaker. He’s not the only prominent Democrat to hold back support.

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As Zohran Mamdani’s Stature Grows, He Tries to Shed Some Past Stances

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, once called for defunding the police and decriminalizing prostitution. He says he has changed.

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What to Know About Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

Opponents of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City have derogatively called him both a socialist and a democratic socialist to make a dent in his lead in the polls.

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Mamdani Distances Himself From Democratic Socialists’ National Agenda

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, is fending off attacks that seek to link him to some of the D.S.A.’s more controversial stances.

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A Minnesota Mamdani? A Race for Mayor Has Echoes, but Only So Far.

Omar Fateh, a young democratic socialist, beat out an establishment Democrat for the party’s endorsement in Minneapolis. But the parallels with Zohran Mamdani in New York might end there.

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Mamdani Victory Could Represent Expansion of the Left’s Influence

Business leaders are anxious over the prospect of Zohran Mamdani in City Hall, while the Democratic Socialists of America are contemplating how they would wield power and influence policy.

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