Republicans are hoping Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed socialist, becomes the new face of the Democratic Party after his shock win in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the New York mayoral race.

Republican leaders hope the ascent of the NYC mayoral candidate, a democratic socialist, will help them paint the Democrats as a far-left party.

Tuesday night’s results are already rippling through next year’s midterms and the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's unexpected upset in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from triumphing.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday conceded to state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary election for New York City mayor, setting up the 33-year-old democratic socialist Mamdani to win the party's nomination in the heavily Democratic city.

Zohran Mamdani, the leftwing Democrat feared by Wall Street, has declared victory in the party’s mayoral primary for New York City, sending shockwaves across US politics. The democratic socialist, who has called for higher taxes on the rich and assailed US support for Israel in Gaza,