Hakeem Jeffries' adviser warns of 'forceful' response to potential primary challenges from democratic socialists after Mamdani's NYC victory.

Mr. Mamdani, a state assemblyman and the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, is taking on a small handful of more experienced campaign hands.

Trump floated taking over the city under a Mamdani mayoralty, saying, “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.”

Fresh off losing New York’s Democratic primary for mayor to Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ramped up his efforts to push the incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, out of the race.

After New York City’s leading mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani pledged to arrest him if he sets foot in the city, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answered whether he is worried.

On the campaign trail, Mamdani galvanized voters with his pitches on how to rein in the city’s sky-high cost of living, from fare-free buses to a rent freeze on rent-stabilized apartments.

In the poll by Slingshot Strategies, first reported by the New York Post, Mamdani has 36 percent of the vote compared to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's 27 percent and current New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 14 percent. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa landed 16 percent of the vote and independent candidate Jim Walden received 2 percent.

Political strategist and Chicagoan David Axelrod says there are "lessons" for Democrats from Zohran Mamdani's strategy of tapping into the frustrations of working-class families and disaffected young people.