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New York State Senator Zoran Mamdani has pulled out an astounding upset this week. In the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, he defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo, a longtime winner who recognized the race hours after the polls were shut down. The two candidates were the same parties, but held very different positions among them. Cuomo is old and spent more than a decade as governor, establishing himself as a centralist in law and order. Mamdani is young, new to politics, and completely progressive. This is the main race in just one city, but it has produced national news and could shake up the Democratic strategy after reelection after Trump. Brittany sits together Christian Passa senior political reporter. Voxand Max Livlyn Nadlerwith a reporter and a co-publisher. Gate of Hella local news site in New York City. They discuss what this race is saying about where the progressive energy comes from and whether the Democrats are having a Tea Party moment.

This episode was produced by Liam McBane. Edited by Nina Patak. The director and producer is Burton Guardwood. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. The vice president of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.