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Zohran Mamdani-backed candidates sweep in New York primaries, but Hakeem Jeffries says they 'aren't going to reshape who we are as House Democrats'

Goldman lost his New York 10th District primary to Brad Lander.

Zohran Mamdani-backed candidates sweep in New York primaries, but Hakeem Jeffries says they 'aren't going to reshape who we are as House Democrats'
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
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Mamdani-backed candidates won three New York Democratic primaries, including Brad Lander’s defeat of incumbent Daniel S. Goldman. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the results would not reshape the party, amid divisions over its direction and positions on Israel.

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Representative defeated in the New York 10th District Democratic primary

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House candidate who defeated Daniel S. Goldman in the New York 10th District Democratic primary

Lander's version of this story ↗

House Minority Leader responding to the primary results

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Assemblymember who won the 12th District race to succeed Jerry Nadler

Assemblywoman and House candidate who defeated Antonio Reynoso

House candidate defeated in the 12th District primary

Donald Trump
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President who criticized Goldman after the primary loss

Brooklyn Borough President defeated in the 7th District primary

Conservative lawyer and House candidate in the 12th District race

Bernie Sanders
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Senator who backed Brad Lander

House candidate who defeated Adriano Espaillat in the 13th District primary

Representative defeated in the 13th District primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayor whose endorsements shaped the primary contests; Jerry Nadler, Congressman whose seat Lasher won the race to succeed; John F. Kennedy, Former president, identified as Jack Schlossberg’s grandfather; Kathy Hochul, Governor mentioned as an opponent of Mamdani’s endorsements

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Daniel Goldman Loses Democratic Primary to Brad Lander

The outlets agree that Daniel Goldman lost New York’s Democratic primary to Brad Lander. Right-leaning outlets mostly present the loss as evidence of broader change in the Democratic Party; one instead centers Goldman’s warning that antisemitism is becoming normalized and his link between the loss and Israel policy.

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