Localize the Intifada: Mamdani Seizes New York City Mayoralty
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani secured a comfortable victory in the 2025 New York City mayoral election, ushering in a new era of Marxist governance in the United States’ largest city.
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Mikie Sherrill Clinches New Jersey Governor’s Mansion
Former Navy pilot and congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (D.) pulled up from a nosedive just in time, narrowly defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a tight race for the New Jersey governor’s mansion.
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Abigail Spanberger Wins Virginia’s Gubernatorial Race After Bruising Campaign
Former Virginia congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D.) secured victory over lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears (R.) in the Old Dominion’s gubernatorial race. The result, though expected, came at a cost for Spanberger, who struggled to answer questions on transgender issues and faced criticism late in the race for standing by her party’s disgraced attorney general nominee, Jay Jones.
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Vice, Virtue, and Victory: Dick Cheney, RIP
Dick Cheney, the widely beloved wartime vice president, oil executive, and outdoor sports enthusiast, entered the kingdom of heaven on Monday to avoid watching New York City be overtaken by a trust fund communist who loves terrorism. He was one year and nine months older than Joe Biden.
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Prominent Virologist Warned Intelligence Community COVID-19 Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Lab. Then He Met With Fauci and Changed His Tune.
A prominent U.S. virologist who collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the COVID-19 pandemic privately informed the U.S. intelligence community in January 2020 that the Chinese lab may be responsible for the outbreak. But in his public remarks to congressional staffers one month later—and after meeting with former White House health adviser Anthony Fauci—the researcher stayed mum about the Wuhan lab and lent credence to the discredited wet market theory.
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Zohran Mamdani becomes first openly socialist mayor of New York City
Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani became the first openly socialist candidate to sweep the New York City mayoral race Tuesday night.
Mamdani secured 50% of the vote, while independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo won 41.4%, according to the Associated Press. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, who was widely regarded as a spoiler candidate for Cuomo, won just 7.7% of the vote.
His brazen embrace of socialism raised eyebrows across the political spectrum.
Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) did attempt to run for re-election, but eventually dropped his bid in September.
RELATED: Is Trump meddling with Mamdani’s candidacy?
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Mamdani consistently campaigned on progressive policies, offering a socialist antidote to New Yorkers who struggled with affordability. Some of these policies include rent freezes, free buses, city-run grocery stores, and free child care.
Although this clearly appealed to residents of America’s most expensive city, his brazen embrace of socialism raised eyebrows across the political spectrum. Despite living in Brooklyn, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) declined to say whether he voted for the Democrat candidate.
Zohran’s candidacy created a unique alliance between President Donald Trump and Cuomo. Leading up to the election, Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo instead of Mamdani or even Sliwa, the Republican candidate.
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“I would much rather see a Democrat, who has had a Record of Success, WIN, than a Communist with no experience and a Record of COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday. “He was nothing as an Assemblyman, ranked at the bottom of the class and, as Mayor of potentially, again, the Greatest City in the World, HE HAS NO CHANCE to bring it back to its former Glory!”
“We must also remember this — A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani,” Trump added. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!”
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Obama-endorsed Democrat wins NJ governor race amid polling station bomb threats
Democrat candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill was elected to serve as New Jersey governor Tuesday night, defeating Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli.
Sherrill narrowly won with 56.9% of the vote, while Ciattarelli secured 42.5%, according to the Associated Press. Although Trump made strides in New Jersey during the 2024 election, his popularity did not translate to other Republican candidates in the state.
The morning of the election, multiple bomb threats were made.
Leading up to the election, Ciattarelli managed to close a nearly double-digit polling Democrat advantage into low-single-digit race. Despite Ciattarelli’s growing momentum in the final weeks of his campaign, the Republican lost his third bid for governor of the Garden State.
RELATED: Republican candidate narrows the gap in NJ governor race with the help of key Dem endorsements
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The morning of the election, multiple bomb threats were made across seven counties, disrupting voters at various poll sites, including five counties with the largest numbers of registered voters. Despite the threats, law enforcement did not find any devices, and an arrest was made in connection with the threats.
Voting resumed safely in the state following the threats, and residents eventually elected the New Jersey Democrat to helm the state.
While Ciattarelli ran with a key endorsement from President Donald Trump, the Republican also secured the support of many local Democrats, including Garfield Mayor Everett Garnto, who changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in the same announcement.
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“It’s not just Republicans who are crying out for change,” Ciattarelli told a crowd following Garnto’s endorsement. “It’s unaffiliated, independent voters and, yes, even moderate Democrats who’ve come to the realization that this current administration has failed.”
Sherill also secured a high-profile endorsement from former President Barack Obama, who praised her “integrity, grit, and commitment to service.”
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Progressive wins VA race despite admitted indifference to ‘sexually explicit material’ in schools
Democrat Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi was elected to serve as Virginia’s lieutenant governor Tuesday night, defeating Republican strategist and radio host John Reid.
Hashmi won the election with 53.4% of the vote, while Reid garnered 46.3%, according to the Associated Press. Of the three major Virginia elections, this is the second race called in favor of the Democrats.
Polls had Reid and Hashmi polling neck and neck.
Although the race was projected to be neck and neck into election night, Hashmi pulled ahead by over 145,000 votes.
RELATED: Democrat holds a healthy lead for Virginia governor, but one scandal could throw downballot races
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Throughout the election cycle, Virginia Democrats were plagued with scandals related to violent and extreme rhetoric. Attorney General candidate Jay Jones infamously fantasized about murdering his political opponents, and Hashmi was on the record tolerating explicit content in children’s classrooms.
“One of my concerns is violence. We seem to focus on sexually explicit material,” Hashmi said in a video obtained by Blaze News. “I don’t really care about that.”
“We teach the books that other people try to ban,” Hashmi said.
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Despite this, polls had Reid and Hashmi polling neck and neck.
Reid spent his time on the campaign trail focusing on the economy, lowering taxes, and slashing regulations, as well as defending law enforcement. Reid repeatedly called out Hashmi’s progressive track record.
Hashmi made abortion access a core value for her campaign despite Virginia’s lenient laws that allow abortion up to the third trimester. Hashmi also campaigned on tightening gun restrictions, as well as pitching herself as the anti-Trump candidate.
Although these social issues are not a priority for most of the state’s voters, Virginians ultimately cast their ballots in Hashmi’s favor.
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Democrat Spanberger defeats Republican Earle-Sears for Virginia governor
The Republican candidate for the Virginia governor’s office was unable to defeat Democrat candidate Abigail Spanberger.
The election was called by the Associated Press as well as the New York Times by about 8 p.m. local time, only an hour after the polls closed at 7 p.m.
Polling showed Spanberger had a large lead on the Republican throughout nearly the entire contest.
Winsome Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant governor, tried to gain ground by attacking Spanberger over damaging leaked texts from attorney general candidate Jay Jones. He had called for the death of a Republican colleague and his children in the texts, and while Spanberger condemned the message, she refused to rescind her endorsement.
Earle-Sears also gained some traction when a white Democrat protester created a sign with a racist message against the Republican.
“Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then blacks can’t share my water fountain,” the sign read in all caps.
However, polling showed Spanberger had a large lead on the Republican throughout nearly the entire contest. At one point an average of polls had the Democrat ahead by 7.4 points, with as much as a double-digit lead in some polls.
The Earle-Sears campaign suffered with conservatives, and her earlier attacks on President Donald Trump kept him from ever endorsing her campaign
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Jasmine Crockett claims Republicans ‘LOVE’ her
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is well aware she’s one of the right’s favorite left-wing politicians — but it may not be for the reasons she believes it to be.
“I would argue that as much as I go against him, I would imagine that I get some of those folk too,” Crockett told Politico’s Dasha Burns of President Trump on “The Conversation” podcast.
“I remember when we were doing our art competition in my district, and obviously it’s open to all the kids in the district, and I remember a father coming up to me and telling me, ‘I appreciate you for doing this competition. My daughter loved participating. I am a Republican, but I love you,’” she said.
“I have been in all kinds of cities and airports and otherwise where people walk up to me, and of course, they don’t have an ‘R’ on their forehead, but they tell me that they have a difference when it comes to politics, but they love me,” she continued.
“And so, I think it is that that actually concerns him, and it is a reason that he wants to make sure that he is doing everything that he can to stop us. But honestly, he only elevates us. It only makes people look at us and say, ‘Man, if he’s threatened by, you know, AOC, who’s still in her 30s, and me, who’s still technically in my early 40s, two women that are in the House, they must be doing something right,’” she added.
BlazeTV host Pat Gray believes these “Republicans” may love Crockett for another reason.
“They love you ’cause you’re so ridiculous,” Gray says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “We want you out there as the face of the party.”
“So, she’s doing the exact opposite of what Kamala is doing. She’s trying to show, ‘Look, everybody [in] my party, I have far reach into the Republican Party. I can do this thing. Make me your nominee,’” executive producer Keith Malinak chimes in.
“Please,” Gray laughs, “do it.”
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