On Tuesday, Democratic New Yorkers went to the polls and elected a democratic socialist as their candidate for the November general election for mayor. Zohran Mamdani’s wide margin of victory—and the decisive defeat of Andrew Cuomo—shocked the political establishment and upended assumptions about who can win an election. In particular, Mamdani’s refusal to back away from his record as an unabashed pro-Palestine candidate proved that vocal opposition to Israel’s destruction of Gaza is not necessarily a political death knell, and in fact may be a political asset in some contexts.&nbsp;Jewish Currents staffers Peter Beinart, Arielle Angel, Mari Cohen, and Alex Kane gathered in the immediate aftermath of the election to discuss Mamdani’s victory and what it might mean for the issue of Israel in US electoral politics and the New York City Jewish vote. We discussed the Jewish reaction to the win, how Mamdani spoke about Palestine on the campaign trail, what his success&nbsp; means for pro-Israel groups that focus on electoral politics, and the role that City Comptroller Brad Lander and groups like Jews for Racial and Economic Justice played in the election.&nbsp;Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”Articles and Videos Mentioned“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Most Detailed Map of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary</a>,” Martín González Gómez, Saurabh Datar, Matthew Bloch, Andrew Fischer and Jon Huang, The New York Times“<a href="https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/what-zohrans-victory-means" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Zohran’s Victory Means</a>,” Peter Beinart, The Beinart Notebook“<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamdanis-moral-stand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Stand</a>,” Jewish Currents<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNKD_6ow-g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Colbert Talks NYC Mayoral Race With Candidates Zohran Mamdani & Brad Lander,”</a> The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATQlrk3GULA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez interview</a>, Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, PBS<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/opinion/israel-state-jewish.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“States Don’t Have a Right to Exist. People Do,”</a> Peter Beinart, The New York Times<a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/escape-from-new-york-business-leaders-mamdani-new-york-city" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Escape from New York: Business Leaders Say They’ll Flee If Mamdani Wins,”</a> Olivia Reingold, The Free Press<a href="https://x.com/RJC/status/1937687137828188425" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X post</a> from Republican Jewish Coalition<a href="https://x.com/Betar_USA/status/1937687892933116384" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X post</a> from Betar<a href="https://x.com/blakeflayton/status/1937868357086171320" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X post</a> from Blake Flayton<a href="https://x.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1818284715167867351?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X post</a> from Jacob Kornbluh&nbsp;“<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/why-are-progressive-legislators-opposing-new-yorks-first-anti-settlement-bill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Are Progressive Legislators Opposing New York’s First Anti-Settlement Bill?</a>,” Alex Kane and Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/palestine-is-a-proxy-fight-in-a-fractious-dsa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Palestine Is a Proxy Fight in a Fractious DSA,”</a> Alex Kane, Jewish Currents“<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/jamaal-bowmans-trip-to-israel-sparks-debate-in-dsa-over-electoral-strategy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jamaal Bowman’s Trip to Israel Sparks Debate in DSA Over Electoral Strategy</a>,” Alex Kane, Jewish Currents

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