Overview

• The National Republican Congressional Committee launched digital ads tying three New York and one New Jersey House Democrats to Mamdani’s progressive platform.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with Mamdani in separate meetings described as constructive but withheld formal endorsements.
• Progressive backers including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna have endorsed Mamdani and introduced him to national party figures.
• Mamdani has started distancing himself from past controversial Israel comments, including his earlier refusal to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada,” though criticism persists.
• Analysts such as pollster Matt Towery forecast that future surveys will list candidates as “Democrat/Socialist” to capture the emerging intra-party split.