The mayoral election did not go as we had hoped, but now that it has been won by state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, we congratulate him and offer our best wishes for success. In many ways, if not all, when he succeeds it will mean that New York City succeeds.

Mamdani gets credit for running a brilliant, hard-fought campaign, rising from 1 percent in early polling to actual majorities of the vote in both the Democratic primary and now the general election. Among those he defeated, whether at the ballot box or because they withdrew in the face of his momentum, were the incumbent mayor, the speaker of the City Council and, most recently, a former governor.

The results show, among other things, that dedicated door-knocking by a seemingly tireless army of tens of thousands of volunteers carrie

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