Mamdani’s anti-establishment candidates win in New York, plus more takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani waded into Democratic U.S. House primaries to boost three progressives over establishment-backed candidates. All of them won Tuesday, defeating two incumbents and essentially ensuring that two self-described democratic socialists will be elected to Congress in their deep blue districts.The mayor said it was a question of electing “better Democrats” who would “put working people back at the heart of politics.” The approach consternated so...