Campaigns/Elections
‘There is no problem too large for government to solve’
On Tuesday, November 4, Zohran Mamdani clinched the election for mayor of New York City, capturing just over 50 percent of the vote in a four-way race. Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly, defeated candidates…
Washington’s state capital voted against increasing the minimum wage
Residents of Olympia, Washington, rejected Proposition 1 on Tuesday, with 4,857 votes against and 3,821 for. The proposition would have codified the Workers' Bill of Rights Initiative, which sought to increase the…
Somerville voters approve vague anti-Israel ballot measure
Residents of Somerville, Massachusetts, voted Tuesday to pass a non-binding ballot measure recommending that city officials abstain from contracting with businesses that sustain "Israel's apartheid, genocide, and…
Mikie Sherrill elected New Jersey governor as a conventional Democrat
Mikie Sherrill is an establishment Democrat made in a lab. A retired Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, she was so alarmed by the election of Donald Trump in 2017 that she decided to run for Congress in suburban…
Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race
Five years ago, as Democrats grappled with a disappointing congressional election that saw their House majority decline by more than a dozen seats despite Joe Biden's win in the presidential election, then-Rep. Abigail…
Can Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze and housing supply plans coexist?
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As this Tuesday also happens to be an Election Day, this week's newsletter takes a look at the races and referendums that will have the biggest impact on housing…
The Democratic thrill for Zohran Mamdani is a tell
There are any number of personal qualities that make New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Kwame Mamdani's political prominence seem improbable: his youth, his inexperience, his socialism, his terrible rapping, his…
Which way will Democrats vote in tomorrow’s elections?
Tomorrow, voters decide their political fates: In New York City, voters will choose between democratic socialist up-and-comer Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and Democrat—but technically independent, because he lost…
Mamdani’s socialist mayorship will make New York a worse place to live and do business
As I write this, I have yet to cast my vote for the mayor of New York City, where I live (a question I can answer more easily and definitively than the current mayor). In most elections, there are only two bad choices. But…
What will Zohran Mamdani actually do if he is elected as New York City mayor?
What will Zohran do? Early next week, New York City is set to elect our first democratic socialist mayor (if we're to believe the polls). The luxury-beliefs class is thrilled. The rest of us? Not so much. I, for one,…
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