Moderate Democrats Sweat New York City’s Mayoral Race

Playbook: “Centrist Democrats are sounding the alarm that a surging democratic socialist mayoral candidate in New York City’s Tuesday primary could further set back the party’s already beleaguered national brand.”

“Third Way, the center-left Democratic think tank, wrote in a memo Friday that they are ‘deeply alarmed’ by Zohran Mamdani, whom they argue holds positions ‘that border on anti-semitism’ and scan as if they were ‘cooked up in the offices of a Trump-aligned ad maker.’”

“At a time when the Democrats are searching for a way out of the wilderness, moderates in the party say that given New York City mayors’ outsized role in national politics — three of the last four have run for president — Republicans could exploit Mamdani’s positions for their gain up and down the ballot.”

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