Politics & Government
Zohran Mamdani Wins Astoria Assembly Seat In Uncontested Race
Newcomer Zohran Mamdani ran unopposed in the general election after defeating Assembly Member Aravella Simotas in the June primary.
ASTORIA, QUEENS — Astoria residents have officially sent newcomer Zohran Mamdani to Albany to represent them in the state legislature.
Mamdani ran unopposed in the general election after defeating incumbent Assembly Member Aravella Simotas in the Democratic primary election in June, handing him an automatic win once the polls closed Tuesday night in New York City.
He is a first-time candidate for elected office and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA.
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It's official: we won.
I'm going to Albany to fight to tax the rich, heal the sick, house the poor & build a socialist New York.
But I can't do it alone. To win socialism, we'll need a mass movement of the multiracial working class as well.
So let's build one. Join @nycDSA. pic.twitter.com/kzgplFgIJL
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) November 4, 2020
He was among several DSA-backed candidates who successfully defeated incumbents in the June 23 primary, such as tenant organizer Marcela Mitaynes and nurse Phara Souffrant Forrest, who both defeated longtime Brooklyn assembly members.
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