Republicans looking to next year’s midterms plan to use self-proclaimed Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani as a major talking point in competitive House and Senate races.

State Assemblyman Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda, is the likely Democrat candidate for New York City mayor after winning the first round of the ranked-choice primary election on Tuesday.

Among the promises Mamdani has made to voters are free city bus travel, city-owned grocery stores, making New York City an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, and refusing to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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