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Just a year ago, Zohran Mamdani was a little-known Assemblyman representing part of Queens. Today, he is the mayor-elect of New York City, after running a campaign that captured the attention of voters across the city. Mamdani's team went door-to-door, used social media cleverly and focused on everyday issues that affect New Yorkers. Rent, public transport, and groceries formed the mainstay and catapulted him to arguably the biggest win for a leader of Indian-origin in America. Now, other candidates are also adopting similar strategies and following in his footsteps. (Image Reuters). The following is the list of candidates.

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Aftab Pureval | Aftab Karma Singh Pureval was born on September 9, 1982, in Xenia, Ohio, to immigrant parents—his father is Punjabi from India, an

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