*** Election Night Livewire *** Mamdani vs. the Establishment in Fight for Soul of Democrat Party

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is taking the Democrat Party establishment head-on in the greatest test of his political clout since his unlikely election victory in November. Maryland and Utah join New York in holding primaries Tuesday, with South Carolina holding primary runoffs. But most political prognosticators are fixated on New York, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), whose political fortunes hang on maintaining control over their evolving, increasingly radical Democrat caucuses. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has endorsed three candidates for the House of Representatives, each cut from his Marxist...