Zohran Mamdani secured his place in history Tuesday night by winning the election to become New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, elevated to victory over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa by the strength of his multiracial coalition of supporters. Political analyst Michael Lange has followed the highly competitive race from its earliest days and quickly became a prominent voice in the local politics scene due to his block-by-block breakdowns of the city electorate and his prediction of Mamdani’s unexpected primary victory. I caught up with Lange this morning for his immediate takeaways from the results, how Mamdani’s base of support changed from the primary, and what he didn’t see coming.

On Monday, you put out your long-awaited prediction for the mayor’s race, est

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