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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is publicly minimizing the stakes of Tuesday's New York congressional primaries, even as his dueling endorsements with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani place the Democratic Party's ideological direction squarely on the ballot.
Jeffries told reporters the outcome of a handful of races in one or two states won't reshape House Democrats as a caucus — a studied positioning designed to blunt the significance of a contest he cannot afford to lose openly.
The Races at Stake Two primaries crystallize the Jeffries-Mamdani divide.
In New York's 10th congressional district, Mamdani is backing Brad Lander, a progressive former New York City comptroller, in a primary challenge against Representative Dan Goldman, whom Jeffries has endorsed.
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