"This is the malignant narcissism of far too many white men," said Congressman Jamaal Bowman.
In Buffalo, socialist India Walton scored a landmark win against a four-term incumbent mayor. In nearby Rochester, shakeups on the city council and county legislature could chart a new course for local politics.
Today, the second-largest cities in New York and Ohio are battlegrounds between activists fighting for progressive change and establishment forces determined to prevent it.
How this first time democratic socialist candidate pulled it off.
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