In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s surprise primary success in New York City’s mayoral primary, prominent Democrats across the country have kept unusually quiet. Rep. Laura Gillen, a freshman Democrat in Congress representing part of Long Island, took a different approach: she issued a sharp, immediate rebuke.

Republican leaders hope the ascent of the NYC mayoral candidate, a democratic socialist, will help them paint the Democrats as a far-left party.

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.

Just days ago, the New York City mayor faced steep reelection odds. His job-approval ratings had plunged to record lows after a federal corruption indictment. Support among Democrats fell even further when the Trump administration dropped the charges,

New York Mayor Eric Adams is kicking off his independent reelection bid. He says Thursday at City Hall that the race is a choice between a blue-collar candidate and one with a silver spoon, referring to likely Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Mayor Eric Adams announces re-election campaign as an independent amid shifting NYC politics, facing democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday.

Mamdani, whose upset of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the primary has sent shockwaves through the state’s political establishment, could become the first New York City Mayor in history to have met his wife on Hinge. Now in the spotlight, this is who Rama Duwaji is.

People across the country are still learning about Zohran Mamdani, who stunned the political world and is poised to become the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor after sweeping past Andrew Cuomo.

"Rama isn't just my wife, she's an incredible artist who deserves to be known on her own terms," Mamdani wrote in a May Instagram post.