Mayoral races in two major cities—Minneapolis and New York City—are spotlighting the growing influence of democratic socialists in America.
Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh is among more than a dozen candidates challenging Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a two-term Democrat who has been in office since 2018.
Fateh and the leading New York City mayoral candidate, state Rep. Zohran Mamdani, are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which heralded them both as examples of “new energy” for its anticapitalist movement.
Because of both men’s connections to the DSA, some refer to Fateh as “the Mini Mamdani.”
(Clockwise from top L) New York City mayoral candidates state Rep. Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (who has dropped out of the race), former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; John Lamparski/AFP via Getty Images; Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
“But this isn’t just a ‘mini Mamdani’ race; it’s more consequential than that,” Andrew Parker, a longtime Minneapolis lawyer and political podcaster, told The Epoch Times….