Democratic New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was one of at least six candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who won local offices across the country Tuesday.
Kelsea Bond in Atlanta, Georgia, Denzel McCampbell in Detroit, Michigan, Danny Nowell in Carrboro, North Carolina, Ayah Al-Zubi in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Frankie Fritz in Greenbelt, Maryland, won city council races after receiving DSA endorsements, according to multiple reports. The results show that DSA-style radicals bucking the establishment left through Mamdani marked a wider trend.
DSA congratulates Ayah Al-Zubi and @Boston_DSA on Ayah’s election to Cambridge City Council!
Ayah has already been fighting for the housing rights of Cambridge residents and will keep it up in office to make sure Cambridge is affordable and dignified for all.
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— DSA (@DemSocialists) November 5, 2025
In Minnesota, Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and DSA-backed leftist Omar Fateh completed their first round of vote counting in the city’s ranked-choice voting system Tuesday with Frey in the lead, The Associated Press reported. Unofficial election results show Will Burnley Jr., another DSA candidate, lost against Jake Wilson in Somerville, Massachusetts’ mayoral race, according to The Tufts Daily.
The DSA said it endorsed 18 candidates throughout the year in a Tuesday statement celebrating Mamdani’s mayoral win. “DSA will continue to support Democratic Socialists running for office throughout the United States as we build a political movement of and for the working class that can defeat the oligarchy and win the political revolution,” the group said.
“Through Zohran’s victory, the people defeated the oligarchy; the working class defeated major corporations; Democratic Socialism defeated the Democratic Party status quo,” the DSA said. “This movement was powered by over 99,000 volunteers and millions [of] voters. Thousands of DSA members in NYC-DSA played critical roles in the campaign as staff and volunteers: knocking doors, calling voters, talking to coworkers, and organizing in our unions and communities.”
Left-wing financier Alex Soros celebrated the win Tuesday by posting a photo on X of himself posing with the self-proclaimed socialist. “So proud to be a New Yorker! The American dream continues!” Soros said.
Democrats unaffiliated with the DSA won elections for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general in Virginia and for governor of New Jersey on Tuesday.
A liberal incumbent candidate for school board lost to an independent in Loudon County, Virginia, infamous for sexual assault scandals related to the school district’s stance on transgenderism. Amy Riccardi, the independent, campaigned in favor of separating bathrooms and other school spaces by biological sex.
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