Democrats made inroads all over New York on Election Day, including flipping some Republican-held county legislatures, and the party’s mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, got the highest number of votes in decades.
We break down this good news for the Democratic Party, the not-so-good news in Nassau County, the status of the New York party infrastructure, and the prospects of governing and running for elections in 2026 with the help of BerlinRosen Senior Vice President Loren Amor, SKDK Senior Vice President Bryan Lesswing, and Long Island Assemblymember Chuck Lavine.
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