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Zohran Mamdani Wins Congressional Primary as DSA Surge Grows

By Drooid · Oct 26, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC · How we work

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Zohran Mamdani, 35, won a congressional primary as part of the Democratic Socialists of America surge.
Thirty-year-olds, the nation’s largest age cohort, are reshaping city politics as economic anxieties lift Democratic Socialists of America.
A 30-year-old woman in Queens celebrated her birthday with cake, champagne, and a paycheck-to-paycheck crisis.
Dan Iammatteo, 31, marketing director in Bedford-Stuyvesant, said his peers feel the weight of the economy.

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Story summary

Zohran Mamdani, 35, won a congressional primary as part of the Democratic Socialists of America surge.
Thirty-year-olds, the nation’s largest age cohort, are reshaping city politics as economic anxieties lift Democratic Socialists of America.
A 30-year-old woman in Queens celebrated her birthday with cake, champagne, and a paycheck-to-paycheck crisis.
Dan Iammatteo, 31, marketing director in Bedford-Stuyvesant, said his peers feel the weight of the economy.