New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani and Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh have emerged as rising stars in the Democratic Party. (Bing Guan/Reuters; Jim Vondruska/Reuters)
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Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win shocked the political establishment in June when the self-identified democratic socialist handily defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City's mayoral primary.
The New York assemblyman has centered his campaign around affordability, successfully using social media to build a broad coalition of support among New Yorkers.
Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh is seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 19, 2025. (Omar Fateh campaign)
Fateh, the son of immigrant parents from Somalia, has committed to raising the city's minimum wage, increasing the supply of affordable housing and combating what he calls police violence.
Similar to Mamdani, Fateh has called for replacing some of the police department's duties with community-led alternatives. He also wants to issue legal IDs to illegal immigrants.
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, is the progressive Gen Z candidate running for Illinois' 9th Congressional District next year.
A viral video of an ICE agent shoving Abughazaleh to the ground outside the Broadview U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Sept. 19 has become a flash point in the divisive debate over Trump's deportation rollout.
Abughazaleh is a former journalist and activist who frequents protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.
Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn speaks to members of the audience before the start of a Democratic Party forum for candidates running for the 7th Congressional District special election at the Fairview Recreation Center in Fairview on Sept. 7, 2025. (Alan Poizner/The Tennessean/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
On her campaign website, Behn describes herself as a "pissed-off social worker," who was inspired to run for the House of Representatives after Congress passed Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year.
Behn is running in the special election to replace Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., who retired from Congress earlier this year.
Mallory McMorrow has long been considered a rising star in the Democratic Party.
She announced her bid for U.S. Senate in Michigan earlier this year, framing herself as an outsider and calling for a new generation of leaders in Washington ahead of next year's midterm elections.
McMorrow has said she would not vote for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to continue as the party leader, adding that it is time for him to step back.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a Democrat from Michigan, holds up a Project 2025 book during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The 38-year-old Michigan state senator garnered national attention for her viral speech to the Michigan state Senate in 2022, where she pushed back on allegations from a Republican lawmaker that she was "grooming" and "sexualizing" children.
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"I am the biggest threat to your hollow, hateful scheme," McMorrow said, calling out Republican state Sen. Lana Theis for invoking her name in a fundraising email. "We will not let hate win."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Democratic National Committee, Mamdani, Fateh, Abughazaleh, Behn and McMorrow but did not receive responses.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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