Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to hold the position."The future is in our hands," Mamdani declared to roaring applause Tuesday night at a victory celebration in Brooklyn. "My friends, tonight we have toppled a political dynasty."The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born Democratic socialist defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday's election, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
Honestly, there are two ways to look at this. Against a narcissistic and corrupt figure like Andrew Cuomo and a bumbling Republican opponent like Curtis Sliwa, Mamdani (who was favored from the jump) was always going to win this race. Then there’s the more practical perspective: in a deep-blue state like New York, especially in NYC, a Republican winning the mayor’s office is damn near impossible. Either way, Democrats are absolutely giddy about yesterday’s major elections, while the GOP has even more reason to worry about the upcoming midterms. And now that the elections are over, the real question is: will we finally see an end to this insipid government shutdown?
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