Zohran Mamdani visits DC to meet Democrats after NYC primary win
Zohran Mamdani visited Washington D.C. to meet with Democrats after his NYC mayoral primary victory.
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants voters to know he’s in the race against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “for the right reasons.”
The Democratic socialist and state assemblyman, 33, running to be the next Mayor of New York released an ad Wednesday, Aug. 1 that spoofed ABC’s rosy reality dating “Bachelor” franchise. In the ad, Mamdani says a long soliloquy – as leads often do on the series – before picking up a rose and raising it up to the camera.
“You deserve better. You deserve to be able to raise your family here. To be safe. To travel where you need to, free of cost and worry,” Mamdani said. “You deserve someone who works as hard as you do. Who thinks about you — every second of the day. That’s the kind of mayor I promise to be.”
Then, a flowery question: “New York, will you accept this rose?” According to Mamdani’s campaign, the seven-figure “Rose” ad campaign aired for the first time in New York City during Wednesday night’s episode of “The Golden Bachelor,” the franchise’s series aimed at seniors.
Season 2 of “The Golden Bachelor” features former NFL linebacker Mel Owens, 66, who is now looking for love.
“When we say this is a campaign that meets voters everywhere, we mean it — even if it’s from their couch watching The Golden Bachelor,” a Mamdani spokesperson said in a press release.
Cuomo, who fell from grace amid a sexual assault scandal in 2020, launched an independent mayoral bid after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani earlier this year. Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is also in the race.
Centrist Democrat and incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sept. 28 that he was dropping his bid for reelection. He was seeking an independent bid for mayor after months of controversy: The Justice Department dropped federal corruption charges in February following the start of President Donald Trump‘s second term.