It was not the show Donald Trump wanted to see.

America's off-season 'election special' starred Zohran Mamdani , and the supporting cast counted Democrats who won electoral contests across the country.

It was a 'blue wave', of sorts - small but potentially significant.

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Mamdani's victory places him as the first Muslim to hold the office of New York mayor. He's the history boy who would style himself as the future of the Democratic Party .

His victory feels big - for him and his political movement. His left-wing politics and promises on affordability chimed with a body of people who feel disenfranchised from politics, whatever the party.

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