Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“Mamdani’s win, obviously, isn’t a victory for every Democrat. Cuomo’s desperate campaign — almost certainly his last — tried to knit together a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Democrats worried that a socialist mayor would wreck their city and their party. You can expect more centrist Democrats (who are most of them) to point at the margins in Virginia and New Jersey and say that the candidates who won big in swing states truly show what they stand for. But every Democrat got something out of Tuesday night. They’ve had a year of special election overperformances, followed by hand-wringing about how unpopular and leaderless their party is.” (11/04/25)