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Every election season gives us a preview before the main event. This year’s run-up to Nov. 4 has revealed a Democratic Party still searching for its identity.

Across these smaller contests, Democrats are testing what kind of candidate still connects with voters: the loud and unfiltered progressives who dominate headlines or the grounded centrists who still tend to win the districts that decide power.

Zohran Mamdani ’s rise in New York is a case study in momentum. He didn’t have establishment backing or big-donor networks. What he had was energy that fills rooms and news cycles. For progressives, he’s become proof that unapologetic politics can still move people.

But Mamdani’s appeal also underscores a tension Democrats h

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