Democrats Begin Their Comeback Attempt

“When voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they will not just be picking a big-city mayor and two blue-state governors — they will be charting a course for the depleted Democratic Party,” Politico reports.

“And the margin of the expected victory will narrate the story.”

“Democrats are desperate to notch victories and emerge from their year in the political wilderness in their first major test of President Donald Trump’s second term. They’re betting on the strength of an economic message, pushed by two moderates with national security backgrounds who have hammered Trump on the trail, as well as the undisputed star of the cycle — democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has rallied progressives and first-time voters, while worrying wealthy donors and business leaders.”