A Major Victory for Progressive Democrats

进步民主党人的重大胜利

The Daily

2026-06-25

28 分钟

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On Tuesday, a blowout in the New York primaries cemented Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a local kingmaker. All of his chosen candidates won, and their victories pointed to a growing movement within the Democratic Party. Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics for The New York Times, explains whether their victories will help Democrats in the midterms. Guest: Nicholas Fandos, a reporter covering New York politics and government for The New York Times. Background reading:  Mr. Mamdani shook the Democratic establishment by helping drive three progressive candidates to victory. Here’s why New York’s Democratic establishment fell to Team Mamdani. Photo: Lexi Parra/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • What a good evening it is.

  • On Tuesday, a blowout in the New York primary cemented Mayor Zoran Mamdani as a local kingmaker.

  • What you saw for State Assembly, State Senate,

  • or Congress is that a year ago, it was not the end of a political movement.

  • It was the beginning.

  • All best-chosen candidates won, and their victories pointed to a growing movement within the Democratic Party.

  • Today, political reporter Nick Fandos explains whether their victories help Democrats in the midterms

  • or put their chances of winning control of Congress at risk.

  • It's Thursday, June 25th.

  • Nick Fandos, welcome to the Daily.

  • So glad to be here.

  • Mayor Memdani is having a very good couple of weeks, it seems.