On Wednesday morning, hours after Zohran Mamdani was voted in as New York’s mayor, another South Asian Democratic politician on the other coast of the US took to social media to explain why that victory was inspirational.

“Zohran proved it doesn’t matter how much money they throw at you. Organised people beat organised money if you stand for real change,” said Saikat Chakrabarti, who is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the San Francisco seat in the US House of Representatives.

The district has been a stronghold of Nancy Pelosi of the US House of Representatives, who had held it since 1987. On Thursday, Pelosi – the former speaker of the House of Representatives – announced that she is retiring from politics after four decades.

This cracks open a seat long considered unt

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