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On Tuesday night, all three congressional candidates endorsed by progressive New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primary election contests, upsetting the choices of establishment Democrats and potentially setting the party on a new course.<\/p>\n

Two of the Mamdani- and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed candidates won against incumbent Democratic Party members of Congress, while the third candidate won an open primary election.<\/p>\n

Brad Lander defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman by a margin of around 31.8 points, as of Wednesday morning. Darializa Avila Chevalier bested Rep. Adriano Espaillat by 4.5 points. And Claire Valdez won against her opponent, Antonio Reynoso, by 20.3 points. <\/p>\n

The primary election wins are being viewed as a show of force for progressive candidates, with one Democratic consultant describing them as \u201cseismic.\u201d Some establishment leaders of the party expressed questionable sentiments about whether they could cooperate with the winners should they move on to Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have to do is sit down and work with the left-leaning part of the party and see if we can come to some sort of understanding going forward,\u201d New York Attorney General Letitia James said. <\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, meanwhile, downplayed the losses for establishment Democrats, asserting that the victories for progressive candidates wouldn\u2019t change the trajectory of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have agreed to strongly disagree,\u201d he said of the three candidates who won. \u201cThere are 215 members of the House Democratic caucus. A handful of primaries that go in one direction or the other, in a given state or two, aren\u2019t going to reshape who we are as House Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, DSA New York co-chair Gustavo Gordillo celebrated the wins, saying they put the party on a new path.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to start thinking about 2028 and what comes next,\u201d Gordillo said. <\/p>\n

At a victory party in Brooklyn, Mamdani said the wins marked a \u201cnew chapter in our party\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA year ago, it was not the end of a political movement,\u201d Mamdani said, referring to his own election as mayor of New York. \u201cIt was the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not just a question of electing more Democrats. It\u2019s a question of electing better Democrats. When I look at these candidacies, I see in them a willingness to also put working people back at the heart of our politics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Israel\u2019s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza played a significant role in the races, with the progressive winners campaigning on ending the U.S.\u2019s role in the genocide.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats are painfully divided by our differences about the U.S. relationship to Israel and Palestine, and we have to face up to it squarely,\u201d Lander said on Tuesday, adding that he intends to become \u201cone of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lander\u2019s opponent Goldman has had very close ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The organization also donated to Espaillat, which Avila Chevalier criticized during the campaign. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether Tuesday\u2019s results will translate to progressive candidates emerging elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy is there, but every congressional district is different,\u201d Mamdani-aligned Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz said. \u201cTo win in November, Democrats must embrace candidates who can authentically speak to the electorate they\u2019re running to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Political journalist Taegan Goddard suggested on his Political Wire <\/em>news site that the primary election wins for progressives indicated a \u201crejection of a political model\u201d traditionally employed by the Democratic Party \u2014 one that is \u201cincremental, institutionally minded, and focused on protecting incumbents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMamdani \u2014 along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u2014 represent the party many city voters increasingly want: younger, more ideological, more confrontational, and far less interested in deference to seniority,\u201d Goddard added. <\/p>\n

Polling suggests that voters are receptive to Mamdani-backed political beliefs. A YouGov poll last fall, for example, found that 69 percent of U.S. voters backed raising taxes on corporations and millionaires; 66 percent backed free child care for children up to age 5; and 56 percent backed raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour by the year 2030.<\/p>\n

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