Overview

• George Soros’s Open Society Foundation quietly directed an estimated $37 million to the Working Families Party and allied groups that provided crucial grassroots support for Mamdani’s primary bid.
• New York’s business community has launched anti-Mamdani political action committees but remains split over backing independent challengers Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo to block the democratic socialist.
• National Republican committees and campaign ads have seized on Mamdani’s socialist identity to tie him to Democrats in swing states and target House and Senate races.
• Major Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have withheld full endorsements and instead highlighted Mamdani’s proposals to address the city’s high cost of living.
• Recent polls and strategist forecasts now view Mamdani as the front-runner for November’s four-way general election, with some analysts assigning him an 85 percent chance of winning.