With Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the resurgent appeal of socialism, especially among younger voters, is undeniable. Even though Mamdani is a self-professed “democratic socialist,” there’s no doubt that for many of his acolytes the appeal rests on the “socialist” identifier and not the “democratic” modifier.

And just last month, Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh, running as a socialist candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, secured the endorsement of the Minneapolis chapter of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, beating out the incumbent mayor. With strong support from young voters, he’s aptly been dubbed the “Mamdani of Minneapolis.”