Robert Hornak

Robert Hornak is a veteran political consultant who has previously served as the Deputy Director of the Republican Assembly Leader’s NYC office and as Executive Director of the Queens Republican Party. He can be reached at rahornak@gmail. com and @roberthornak on X.

Tuesday was election day, but when you read this we should al- ready know who the next mayor will be. According to all the polls, that will be Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani’s win will be due to his running the best campaign in this contest, with energy and a positive message. And while you can argue with his message on many levels, and I surely have, he had the only positive message in the race and that appeals more to people than just attacking the other candidates.

But win or lose, Mamdani’s unarguable success thi

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