US Elections 2020: Zohran Mamdani becomes first South Asian to win a NY assembly seat

With Trump prematurely declaring his win in election and Americans erly waiting for all casted votes to get counted, US Presidential Elections 2020 night was surely packed with a lot of surprises. While trajectory for different Democratic or Republican-leaning states turned out to be as expected, re were a number of surprises under Joe Biden's kitty who is currently standing just 6 electoral votes shy from being President with 264, as opposed to Trump's 214.

While race for presidency seems to be coming to a close with anticipation of results running sky high, re is some comfort for Democratic Socialists in New York as Zohran Mamdani has secured a seat in New York's Assembly District. Zohran has become first South Asian to achieve this feat. 

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New York has always been a prominently blue city through years which was t shaken under unearthing done by Trump organisation through term of his governance. Zohran is filmmaker Mira Nair's son and is w first South Asian to win New York assembly seat. Zohran is a Democratic Socialist and a kwn rapper who has stepped into politics with some vocal and clear ndas during US Elections 2020. 

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Anuncing his win at New York State Assembly District 36, Zohran Kwame Mamdani revealed that he will be fighting to tax rich which is a common nda shared across Democratic party, being synymous with renewed taxation system proposed by Biden and Harris during ir campaign trail. Zohran expressed furrmore that his ndas include protecting sick, housing poor, and building a socialist New York. In conclusion, his winning tweet expressed that se tasks cant be done on ir own and will require a mass movement from multiracial working class as well. 

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While Zohran has won New York assembly seat in his first election itself, he has been focusing on his nda of housing poor for a long time. Zohran was working in New York as a housing counsellor and helped immigrants facing eviction threats. He was backed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and defeated Aravella Simotas by 346 votes. 

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