Hakeem Jeffries endorses Mamdani
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After weeks of declining to weigh in on the New York City mayor's race, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he was backing Zohran Mamdani.
The New York City mayoral race is commanding national attention, with major policy, demographic and ideological shifts at stake.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City on Friday, a long-awaited backing from the national Democratic leader as early voting in the mayoral election begins on Saturday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Jeffries' counterpart in Congress and a fellow New York Democrat, has so far declined to endorse anyone in the mayoral race.
A Tuesday report from The Washington Post warned that "Democrats are nervous" about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani possibly winning his bid for office.