Democrats are grappling with how progressive upstart Zohran Mamdani fits into the party apparatus, a week after his shock defeat of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and amid the party’s

Zohran Mamdani’s dramatic, strong showing in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, in which he forced a concession from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amounts to a massive shot in the arm for progressives and other Democrats who have been imploring their party’s elder statesmen to step aside for a new generation of leaders.