Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral Democratic primary. It wasn’t even that close. Mamdani trounced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by seven points.
We’ll note that neither House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries nor Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer endorsed anyone in this race. Now their party’s standard bearer for mayor of America’s largest city will be a candidate who declined to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada.” Both Jeffries and Schumer’s camps didn’t respond to our request for comment Tuesday night.
Ad news. Liberal outside group Unrig Our Economy is launching ads attacking Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) over proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP reconciliation bill. The ads, part of the group’s $5 million Medicaid ad campaign, highlight the same concerns that Tillis has raised with his Senate Republican colleagues.
Both of the ads feature constituents who rely on Medicaid benefits making personal pleas to Collins and Tillis to protect funding for the government health care program.
Unrig Our Economy is also going after Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) in TV and radio ads featuring a constituent with MS who relies on Medicaid. Miller-Meeks is one of the most at-risk House incumbents.
New Dems grow. Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pablo Hernández has joined the New Democrat Coalition.
