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Mayor’s Endorsement Powers Insurgents Amid Gaza War Vote

6/24/2026

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement helped insurgent candidates win Democratic primaries, with voters using the Gaza war as a litmus test.
City Comptroller Brad Lander said Israel, affordability and immigration matter to voters and called the Gaza war a genocide, criticizing President Biden’s “hug Bibi” strategy.
Mamdani condemned the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Gaza stance as a “status quo of immorality” and said supporters chanted “Free Palestine” at watch party.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement helped insurgent candidates win Democratic primaries, with voters using the Gaza war as a litmus test.
City Comptroller Brad Lander said Israel, affordability and immigration matter to voters and called the Gaza war a genocide, criticizing President Biden’s “hug Bibi” strategy.
Mamdani condemned the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Gaza stance as a “status quo of immorality” and said supporters chanted “Free Palestine” at watch party.