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Tatiana Tatiana's avatar

I am thrilled he won!!! And the democrats are winning. We need the progressives to lead us into the future. And we will take America back! Keeping hope alive! Yay!

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lgCT's avatar

Excellent writing, Anand. Thank you.

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Patricia's avatar

Hooray!!! This is your best article!

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Gwendolyn McEwen's avatar

Mamdani smiles from his heart. It's an integral facet of his being. I wish him great success in his new role.

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Tamie Swain's avatar

A smile says so much. You have a good smile - I’ve seen it flash.

Mamdani looks really natural smiling - it’s his go to approach and shows his joy in life.

Why wouldn’t you (or anyone else) want to be part of that?

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Lynne's avatar

He has us smiling, too!

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Uma Krishnaswami's avatar

Happy-dancing all the way across the continent in Victoria, BC.

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Regina Islas's avatar

ZOHRAN ZOHRAN ZOHRAN NOW FOREVER GO NYC WE LOVE YOU! 🔥👏🏾

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LindyLoo's avatar

Thank you New York!!! Finally something to SMILE ABOUT! 😄

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Cynthia Gair's avatar

Soooo exciting!!!

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Susan's avatar

I am so happy! This is Big Hope. Love the article.

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Ernie Rosado's avatar

Virginia Attorney General (the race that Really Matters) → Jay C. Jones 52.2% beats ICE-MAGA Jason S. Miyares 47.4 %

Virginia Governor → Abigail D. Spanberger 56.7% beats Winsome Earle-Sears 43%

Pennsylvania races still being updated → State Supreme Court | Superior Court | Commonwealth Court → Scroll Down → https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-2025-election-results/#Supreme

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Joe N's avatar

Yes he won. I’m so happy.

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Evelyn Scolman Lemoine's avatar

So far so good for the Ds--on a roll: Mamdani, Spanberger, Sherrill, PA Supreme Court! Yay! Now we wait for news from California...

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Ernie Rosado's avatar

Good News, innit?

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Ronald Fel Jones's avatar

Brilliant, insightful commentary, Anand. I have also been captivated by Zohran's smile, and I've mused about just what it meant, and what role it has played in his ascendancy. You really added a lot of color and nuance to my own thoughts. And then in his victory speech tonight, that smile seemed to be replaced by a tone of fierceness and force that I didn't quite recognize or expect. At first I was a bit, I don't know, not exactly put off by it, but perplexed. By the end of the speech, I found myself wondering if this change in his demeanor, sans the ever-present smile, is perhaps a deliberate transition, a savvy strategic move. His smile got him elected. Now that he's been given the power he sought he wants to show us that he means business, that he does, indeed, plan to deliver on what he promised with a smile. Interesting days ahead. I'm all in.

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