It’s certainly an unusual New York City mayor’s race. If you recently started paying attention, here’s the extremely abridged version: Our incumbent Mayor Eric Adams should have had an easy path to reelection after winning the open seat as a Democrat in 2021.

The Zohran Mamdani victory in the Democratic mayoral primary last month was a big surprise for the New York political class, but it also sent shock waves rattling Democratic leaders coast to coast.

Silicon Valley investor Shaun Maguire accused the candidate of coming from “a culture that lies about everything” and of advancing an “Islamist agenda.”