Winners and losers emerge after socialist earthquake rocks NYC primaries Related Fox News headlines for the day: Letitia James fumes as Mamdani-backed socialists sweep New York primaries Johnson warns communism is 'on our own shores' after far-left candidates win New York primaries Trump warns 'downtrodden' blue states after socialist candidates sweep NYC congressional primaries Far-left surge: Mamdani-backed candidates oust Dem establishment incumbents NEW YORK CITY - New York City's primary night produced clear political winners and losers as Mayor Zohran Mamdani's slate of socialist candidates swept establishment-backed Democrats. Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier were all victorious on Tuesday night.