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NEW YORK – Progressive stars Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are teaming up with New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Sunday evening for a “New York just isn’t on the market” rally at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York Metropolis.
The high-profile marketing campaign occasion comes almost one week earlier than Election Day, as New Yorkers head to the polls for the primary weekend of early voting, closing out a contentious mayoral battle the place Mamdani’s unanticipated success has landed him on the nationwide stage.
“Zohran Mamdani is modeling a distinct form of politics,” Sanders, the previous Democratic presidential candidate and longtime progressive chief, stated in a press release forward of the rally.
The trio of self-identified Democratic socialists have invigorated the Democratic Get together’s progressive base at a time when Democrats are nonetheless grappling with devastating losses in 2024 amid rising discontent with President Donald Trump’s sweeping, second-term agenda.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani maintain palms through the city corridor “Preventing Oligarchy” occasion at Brooklyn School on Sept. 6, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Photographs)
When Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez teamed up for the “Preventing Oligarchy” tour earlier this yr, they sparked sizable buzz, firing up hundreds of Democrats at rallies throughout the US who had been left and not using a clear get together chief.
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“As mayor, he won’t run a top-down, billionaire-funded, consultant-driven administration. As an alternative, Zohran might be a champion for the working individuals of New York,” Sanders stated.
Each Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have campaigned alongside Mamdani in his bid to guide the nation’s most populous metropolis.
On Friday evening, Sanders appeared for a digital “Get Out the Vote” occasion with Mamdani. Final month, Sanders and Mamdani teamed up for a “Preventing Oligarchy” city corridor in Brooklyn.
New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani solutions reporter questions after the ultimate debate on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, forward of Election Day. (Fox Information Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Forward of the Brooklyn city corridor occasion, the 2 progressive leaders marched alongside union members in Manhattan’s Labor Day parade. That afternoon, Mamdani posed for a photograph with Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez in Astoria, Queens, amassing thousands and thousands of views.
Sanders, a two-time Democratic presidential nominee runner-up, was an early endorser of Mamdani’s main marketing campaign, together with Ocasio-Cortez. Their endorsements helped Mamdani consolidate progressive assist within the 11-candidate discipline through the ultimate weeks of the first race.
Mamdani’s main upset triggered a political earthquake because the democratic socialist handily defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was broadly anticipated to safe the Democratic nomination.
Mamdani’s cross-endorsement with fellow progressive New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander cleared the trail for Mamdani to consolidate assist towards Cuomo by way of ranked-choice voting.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., greet the group collectively throughout a “Preventing Oligarchy” tour occasion at Arizona State College, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Arizona. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
Cuomo has since launched an impartial marketing campaign, teeing up a aggressive and contentious common election battle.
Since Mamdani secured the Democratic nomination, Trump has labeled him a “100% Communist Lunatic,” and “my little communist,” ushering Mamdani onto the nationwide political stage. Mamdani has rejected the moniker, sustaining that he identifies as a democratic socialist, like Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez.
As Trump started criticizing Mamdani, New York Democrats selected to withhold their endorsements of the socialist candidate, who has made a slew of formidable marketing campaign guarantees, like quick and free buses, city-run grocery shops and free childcare, all of which he plans to pay for by elevating taxes on companies and the highest 1% of New Yorkers.
After months of withholding their endorsements, Gov. Kathy Hochul lastly endorsed Mamdani final month and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries lastly affirmed his assist in a press release Friday. Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer has nonetheless but to endorse.
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani supporters collect exterior 30 Rock in New York Metropolis on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Fox Information Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Stress had been mounting since Mamdani received the Democratic main in June for Mayor Eric Adams, who was additionally working as an impartial, or Cuomo to drop out of the race to consolidate assist towards Mamdani. Adams dropped out of the race and endorsed Cuomo on Thursday.
That stress reached a boiling level final week as billionaires, together with Crimson Apple Media CEO John Catsimatidis and hedge fund CEO Invoice Ackman, known as on Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race with a purpose to clear a pathway to victory for Cuomo.
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The most recent Fox Information survey, performed Oct. 10-14, forward of the primary common election debate final week, revealed that Mamdani has a considerable lead within the race. In accordance with the ballot, Mamdani has a 21-point lead amongst New York Metropolis registered voters with 49% of voters backing Mamdani, whereas 28% go for Cuomo and 13% favor Sliwa.
Mamdani additionally rose above the 50% threshold amongst probably voters, garnering 52% assist, whereas Cuomo picked up 28%, and Sliwa acquired simply 14%.
