27-06-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
The Improbable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
As a high school junior, Zohran Mamdani promised free juice for students in his campaign for class vice president. He lost.
Now, Mamdani is promising much bigger things to New Yorkers—free busing, free child care, a rent freeze—and he is on the cusp of becoming the city's first Muslim mayor.