It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week. Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.

The biggest left-wing political story of the week is democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But Mamdani’s was not the only socialist victory on Tuesday.

Just like with almost every election year that’s come before in the Trump era, this week saw a series of lesser-known wins for socialists downballot around the country as well as defeats. From the Midwest to the East Coast, socialists grew their ranks in elected office on the back of a grassroots-powered, affordability-first strategy that suggests Mamdani’s run isn’t j

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