Congressional candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, and Claire Valdez, each backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won their primaries Tuesday night. The media have confirmed the socialist mayor’s status as a “kingmaker” in New York politics. 

The Wall Street Journal says the wins escalate “a high stakes battle” for Democrats’ identity that will “reverberate beyond the borders of the Empire State.”