New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's "tax the rich" platform draws President Donald Trump's "communist" label as protester disrupts Queens rally with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Former US president's call seen as 'an important signal" of support, NY Times reports; string of Democratic leaders, though not all, have endorsed the anti-Israel frontrunner The post Obama calls Mamdani,

Former Democratic President Barack Obama called New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Saturday and offered to be a “sounding board” if the 34-year-old

The GOP is pouncing on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' endorsement of Mamdani, hoping to paint Democrats as too far left ahead of the midterm elections next year.

Last weekend in New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill campaigned for governor at a senior center with Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and at a community college in Camden with Arizona senator Mark Kelly, a trio of Establishment Democrats.

New York City voters see Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as the Democratic Party's future after thousands packed Forest Hills Stadium in Queens.

Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday claimed that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsing Zohran Mamdani marked the "end of the Democratic Party."

The group has risen in political clout and has attracted more voters into the fold. But it has also drawn backlash from both major political parties.