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Chris Michael

Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US

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Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the Democratic mayoral primary in New York on Wednesday. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian

Zohran Mamdani, in his first major interview since his upset victory in the Democratic party’s mayoral primary in New York shook up US politics, said his brand of campaigning and leftist political stances can translate to anywhere in the US.

Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, stunned many observers by beating Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday night, delivering a devastating blow to the former New York governor who ran a centrist campaign backed by most of the party establishment.

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