DNC Chair Ken Martin endorses Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

""He's running to make NYC more affordable for everyone and has captured the nation's attention with his incredible campaign," Martin, who was elected by fellow Democrats to his position earlier this year, wrote in a post on X in a thread highlighting downballot Democratic candidates with election coming up soon. "Go vote for Zohran this November!""

""There's no candidate in this party that I agree 100 percent of the time with, to be honest with you. There's things that I don't agree with Mamdani that he said," Martin said. "But, at the end of the day, I always believe, as a Democratic Party chair in Minnesota for the last 14 years, and now the chair of the DNC, that you win through addition. You win by bringing people into your coalition. We have conservative Democrats. We have centrist Democrats. We have labor"

""Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on a big victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and to all of the Democrats across the ballot who prevailed tonight," he wrote in a post at the time."

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, urged New Yorkers to vote for Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race, praising Mamdani's affordability focus and national attention. Several prominent national Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, have declined to endorse Mamdani. The DNC said Martin had previously congratulated Mamdani after his primary victory. Martin acknowledged policy disagreements with Mamdani, citing Mamdani's refusal to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada," but emphasized that Democrats win by expanding their coalition to include conservative, centrist, and labor-aligned members.

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