Rama Duwaji, New York's Gen Z First Lady And Face Behind Mamdani's Victory

Rama Dwaji, the 28-year-old wife of New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who mostly opts to stay out of the spotlight, was on stage with him when he declared his victory over former governor Andrew Cuomo.

While Zohran Mamdani captured national attention with his historic New York City mayoral win, his wife Rama Duwaji quietly played a major role behind the scenes.

Trump was indeed watching, and has taken note. "...AND SO IT BEGINS!" he wrote on his platform Truth Social just as Mamdani wrapped up his 30-minute speech.

Zohran Mamdani's rousing victory got a Bollywood spin as 'Dhoom Machale', title track from the Bollywood movie 'Dhoom' began to play at the end of his first speech after the results.

Indian-origin democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been elected as the new Mayor of New York City, invoked former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech.

New Yorkers elected young leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday and Democrats won two key state governor races as US voters delivered an early warning to President Donald Trump ahead of 2026's midterms.

Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani declared victory in the historic New York election to loud cheers and thanked his supporters for electing him as the first Indian-American mayor of New York City.

The 2025 off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California provided an early barometer of how some US voters view President Donald Trump's second term and the Democratic Party's efforts to revive its political fortunes.

President Donald Trump has an explanation as to why Republicans lost US elections. First, he was not on the ballot and second, the longest shutdown in the US history, President noted.

Ghazala Hashmi was four when she emigrated with her mother and older brother from India to the United States where they joined her father in Georgia.