"On November 4, in a rebuke to the GOP and the Trump administration, Democrats won races across the country. They won governor seats in Virginia and New Jersey, retained State Supreme Court justices in Pennsylvania, and even broke up the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. And in New York City, more than a million voters cast their ballots for 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, an anti-Zionist Muslim South Asian immigrant, whom Republicans, as well as corporate Democrats, had done their absolute best to vilify."
"I am overwhelmed. One year ago, if you would've told me we would be here this quickly, I would've questioned it. But the tide has turned in so many ways. Our government has to reckon with the fact that the people want self-determination for all people, the people want humanity, the people want dignity. We want to see our leaders actually represent the people."
On November 4 Democrats won multiple races nationwide, securing governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, retaining Pennsylvania State Supreme Court justices, and ending the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. In New York City over a million voters supported 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, an anti-Zionist Muslim South Asian immigrant and democratic socialist who faced heavy vilification from Republicans and corporate Democrats. Cori Bush seeks to retake her 2021 congressional seat in Missouri’s first district after losing to Wesley Bell, whose 2024 campaign received significant AIPAC funding. Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Palestinian American, is competing in Illinois’s ninth district race.
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