Overview

• Zohran Mamdani maintains a commanding lead and is traveling to all five boroughs to cast his mayoral bid as resistance to President Trump’s policies.
• Karl Rove told Fox News that Mamdani’s anti-Trump messaging benefits both Trump and the New York socialist by nationalizing the race for midterm campaigns.
• Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have slammed Mamdani’s proposed millionaire and corporate tax increases as an anti-capitalist threat that could drive wealthy residents and businesses out of the city.
• Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has stepped up his independent campaign attacks, questioning Mamdani’s experience and adopting Gen Z slang in an effort to reposition himself.
• Recent polls show Mamdani commanding over 50 percent of the vote and winning 85 percent support from young men, though Democratic analysts warn racial minority voters remain cautious about his democratic socialist platform.