While Democrats are in the midst of an identity crisis with no real leader for the party, the first new “rising star” of the second Trump era is hitting the stage in New York City.

Zohran Mamdani, a New York assemblyman running for mayor of New York City, is the subject of the newest Democratic love affair. He has already received a standard glowing profile in the New York Times and an even more enthusiastic profile in Politico. Mamdani also has grassroots support among leftwing voters who previously backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) two presidential campaigns, maxing out New York City’s fundraising limit of $8 million, driven by small-dollar donations.