New York City just elected a mayor who promises free child care, free buses, city-run grocery stores and a rent freeze on rent-controlled apartments, all paid for by taxing rich people who are beating a hasty retreat from the city.

What could go wrong?

Plenty, of course, but the election of Zohran Mamdani wasn’t about sound strategy, it was about change. That’s the theme that played out across the mini-midterms on Tuesday: Democrats took the governor’s seats in New Jersey and Virginia, and California voters gave the green light to Prop 50, a redistricting ballot measure.

It was, as many pundits have said, a referendum on President Trump and his policies. Mamdani made his stance clear with his victory speech, which included a Trump slap: “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I hav

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