REP. ILHAN OMAR (D–MN): I really don’t know. It makes no sense. We, as Democrats, have always believed that in an election we support our party’s nominee.

Many voters struggle with a fundamental question about Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy: Is a 34-year-old state assemblyman ready to lead the nation’s largest city?

If Mamdani wins Tuesday’s election, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in a century, Duwaji too would be positioned to make and shape history.

Burgos, a fellow freshman, sat next to him in the state Capitol in Albany.  “I said, ‘it should be you,’” Burgos told USA TODAY. “I said, ‘there’s not a single person in the DSA that has a higher level of ability to run for office.

Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have campaigned together and had a meeting of the minds on policy since Mr. Adams dropped his re-election bid.