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Tuesday night was, by any reasonable metric, a disastrous night for Republicans. Democrats were elected to the governors’ mansions of Virginia and New Jersey. Pennsylvania kept their liberal Supreme Court justices. Californians backed redistricting to counter Republican efforts. Even Georgia elected two Democrats to statewide offices.

But the greatest cultural shock to the class of Republican pundits and politicians who dominate social media conversations came from the night’s biggest news: A democratic socialist was elected mayor of the country’s largest city.

Zohran Mamdani’s election was not as surprising as his primary win in June, and since then, Republica

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