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The race splitting Zohran Mamdani’s coalition
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso at a rally for 32BJ SEIU residential building service workers in New York City on April 15, 2026. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The gradations of Democratic blue are on display in New York’s congressional primaries this Tuesday, where high-profile races are already highlighting the party’s emerging divisions over how to regulate artificial intelligence, immigration enforcement, and the United States’ relationship with Israel. The primaries are also an important test of political strength for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the emerging socialist left. Mamdani has thrown his weight behind three congressional candidates in particular: former New York City comptroller Brad Lander and two democratic socialists, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier. Lander, Mamdani’s (amicable) onetime rival in last year’s mayoral race, is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman from the left in New York’s 10th District, while
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