Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said if the progressive candidates win in New York’s primary elections Tuesday night, it will show the Democratic Party is held “captive” by a “hardcore left-wing” base.

There are progressive candidates running in various elections in New York on Tuesday, with three of them earning endorsements from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a democratic socialist.

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