Zohran Mamdani delivers a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York City. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
And while Mamdani's 9-point general election victory is a shot in the arm for the rise of the socialist movement, it also appears to be the political gift that keeps on giving for Republicans.
House Republicans, who aim to defend their fragile majority in the chamber in next year's midterms, immediately linked Mamdani to Democrats who will likely face challenging re-election campaigns.
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesman Mike Marinella charged on Tuesday night that "the Democrat Party has surrendered to radical socialist Zohran Mamdani and the far-left mob who are now running the show."
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And as Fox News Digital first reported on Wednesday morning, the NRCC immediately launched digital ads linking Mamdani to House Democrats who face challenging re-elections in next year's midterms, when the GOP aims to defend its fragile majority in the chamber.
"A radical left earthquake just hit America. The epicenter: New York," the narrator emphasized.
The narrator argued that "the new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani built his movement on defunding the police and abolishing ICE. Now the socialists are celebrating. They call it progress. We call it chaos. Bureaucrats instead of doctors. Social workers instead of cops."
"This is the future House Democrats want, and your city could be next. Stop socialism. Stop Democrats," concluded the narrator, under pictures of Mamdani and House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, speaks during a mayoral debate with independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis/AP)
He's been heavily criticized by Republicans and some Democrats for his far-left proposals to eliminate fares to ride New York City's vast bus system, make CUNY (City University of New York) "tuition-free," freeze rents on municipal housing, offer "free childcare" for children up to age 5 and set up government-run grocery stores.
Mamdani also took incoming political fire during the campaign over his verbal attacks on Israel, his past critical comments about the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and his proposal to shift certain responsibilities away from the NYPD and focus on social services and community-based programs.
Longtime Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital that Democrats "are now going to have an ascendant and emboldened Mayor-elect Mamdani dominating the national spotlight."
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in New Jersey, celebrates her victory during an election night event in East Brunswick, New Jersey, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Democrats dispute the GOP argument that Mamdani's the new face of their party, as they point to Tuesday night's sweeping gubernatorial victories by moderate Rep. Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger in Virginia.
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Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin reiterated that Democrats are a "big tent party" and that from "New Jersey and Virginia and New York, to Georgia and beyond, Democrats ran campaigns relentlessly focused on costs and affordability."
And veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo emphasized that the 2025 ballot box results "proved that the Democrats' pathway back to majorities in both chambers and the White House runs directly through the idea of building a big enough tent to encompass moderates and progressives."
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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