Zohran Mamdani's Unlikely Rise: From Unknown Socialist To New York City Mayor
In a classic David vs. Goliath battle, backbench assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo to become New York's youngest mayor in more than a century, at age 34. His election as the 111th mayor of America's largest city was marked by many historic firsts -- he became the first Muslim mayor, the first South Asian and arguably the most influential democratic socialist in the United States.
