After pulling off an upset win in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani still faces a long road ahead in his quest to win the general election and become the city’s first openly socialist mayor. 

Although Mamdani proved he was a force to be reckoned with when he defeated former New York governor Andrew Cuomo during Tuesday’s low-turnout primary, he will likely need to adjust strategies, move to the center, and compile a massive war chest of funding in order to keep the city’s incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, from winning reelection this November.