New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani’s ascension to presumptive Democratic nominee in New York’s mayoral race has reinvigorated the conversation about which ideological faction of the Democratic Party should lead the way as it aims to rebuild.

Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in New York's Democratic mayoral primary has split his party and given Republicans a new figure to weaponize.

Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor of New York on a campaign to freeze the rent, provide free buses and establish city-owned grocery stores. Critics scoffed at the 33-year-old democratic socialist’s pie-in-the-sky agenda. And then he trounced everyone.