Overview
- Mamdani’s campaign raised a record 28,000 small-dollar donations totaling $1.7 million, largely fueled by Arab and Muslim American donors.
- The National Republican Congressional Committee launched digital ads linking three New York and one New Jersey House Democrats to Mamdani’s democratic socialist proposals.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have met with Mamdani without signaling endorsement decisions.
- Centrist Democrats such as Rep. Josh Gottheimer publicly condemned Mamdani as a “job-killing socialist” over his tax increases and policy prescriptions.
- Mamdani has refused to retract far-left statements, including his past reluctance to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” even as he tells business leaders he will discourage its use.