By Colin Kinniburgh and Isabelle Taft | New York Focus

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Democrats resurged across the country on Tuesday, and New York was no exception. Voters didn’t just elect a socialist mayor in New York City. They also voted in progressive candidates in several of the state’s largest cities, flipped county legislatures blue, and chose a new Democratic assemblymember in US Representative Elise Stefanik’s backyard.

Jasmine Gripper, co-chair of the New York Working Families Party, said Tuesday’s results were the strongest for the left-leaning party since 2018, when it helped end Republican control of the state Senate, ushering in a wave of pro

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