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Mamdani, socialist allies face first electoral test in battle for NYC House seat

JL;DR SUMMARY Socialist-leaning New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, alongside the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), is navigating a pivotal electoral test in the 7th Congressional District, which encompasses a significant Hasidic Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bds MovementHasidic JewsZohran MamdaniNew York City Politics7th Congressional DistrictClaire ValdezDsaAntonio ReynosoNydia VelzquezSocialist Politics

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Mamdani, socialist allies face first electoral test in battle for NYC House seat,"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"defying the once-feared power of the Brooklyn Democratic machine,"
Queens, New York, United States
"a chain of trendy, gentrifying Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods where socialist support runs strong."
Chicago, New York, United States
"she studied sculpture at the prestigious School of the Art Institute in Chicago before arriving in New York for a job at a Queens-based museum."
Texas, United States
"The daughter of an engineer from Texas, she studied sculpture at the prestigious School of the Art Institute in Chicago before arriving in New York for a job at a Queens-based museum."

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