Rana Abdelhamid, a community organizer and Democratic Socialists of America member, is officially kicking off a campaign for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s state Assembly seat, pitting her against a fellow DSA adherent who has already locked in the leftist group’s endorsement in the race.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily News on Monday, Abdelhamid, the founder of a self-defense group who has unsuccessfully campaigned for Congress, said she’s jumping into February’s special election for Queens’ 36th Assembly District because of her deep ties to the neighborhood.

“It’s home to my community, which is Little Egypt , that is the community that raised me, and one thing that is really motivating me to run is that I’m really tired to see that people are not able to stay here,” Abdelh

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