2026年11月4日 美国东部时间晚上7:08 / CBS新闻
纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼——民主党左翼阵营最具影响力的成员之一——周三表示，中期选举中“这个国家选出了新一代领导力量”，左翼力量现在必须“持续推进”。
“回顾昨晚的结果，我意识到美国迎来了新的曙光，”马姆达尼告诉记者。
马姆达尼表示，民主党在众议院和参议院的压倒性胜利意味着该党“可以从守势转向攻势”。
“守势意味着努力防止尽可能多的纽约人失去补充营养援助计划（SNAP）福利或健康保险，”马姆达尼说道，他同时直指共和党支持的《伟大法案》，该法案削减了部分这类福利项目。
“攻势则是切实行动，让纽约人的生活成本更加负担得起，”马姆达尼继续说道，他的政治纲领核心就是降低纽约居民的生活成本。
民主党上一次在参议院赢得多数席位是在2022年。此次选举中，该党已夺回至少7个共和党把持的席位，其中部分席位位于传统的保守派阵营区域。该党还拿下了数十个众议院选区的控制权。
“我们必须运用这股力量，推动美国民众从钱包里能切实感受到的变革，”这位市长表示。
马姆达尼是通过2025年的市长竞选成为全国焦点人物的，他在党内初选中发挥了影响力，为纽约市深蓝色选区的三名进步派众议院候选人背书。这三人——布拉德·兰德、克莱尔·巴尔迪兹和达丽娅莉萨·阿维拉·切瓦利尔——都在周二的选举中赢得了各自的竞选。兰德和阿维拉·切瓦利尔将击败他们在初选中战胜的现任民主党人，顺利就任。
巴尔迪兹和阿维拉·切瓦利尔是民主社会主义者协会的成员，马姆达尼也属于该协会。马姆达尼表示，“我已经等不及要和他们合作，推进我们在联邦层面的负担得起生活议程。”
明年起，两位并非民主党进步派阵营的纽约同乡将在国会发挥举足轻重的作用：众议院少数党领袖哈克姆·杰弗里斯和参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默，两人都将在1月角逐各自议院的领导职位。
周三，杰弗里斯宣布参选众议院议长；舒默在同一天告诉记者，他相信自己将当选参议院多数党领袖。
“我认为，华盛顿的领导人来自我们的城市、代表我们的城市，对我们的城市而言意义非凡，”马姆达尼表示。
“因为对他们来说，纽约人的困境不是抽象的担忧，也不是被媒体或政治视角过滤过的问题。这是他们每天都在亲身经历、从选民口中听到的问题。”
马姆达尼表示，他已与杰弗里斯通话，祝贺他在所有选区取得胜利，并补充称两人“合作关系融洽”。
Mamdani says Democrats must keep their “foot on the gas” after midterm victories
November 4, 2026 / 7:08 PM EST / CBS News
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — one of the most influential members of the Democratic Party’s leftward flank — said Wednesday that “this country has elected a new generation of leadership” in the midterms, and the left must now keep its “foot on the gas.”
“Going through yesterday evening, it’s a realization that it’s a new dawn in America,” Mamdani told reporters.
Mamdani suggested that Democrats’ decisive wins in the House and Senate mean the party “can go from being on the defensive to being on the offensive.”
“The defensive means trying to prevent as many New Yorkers as possible from losing their SNAP benefits or losing their health insurance,” Mamdani said, taking aim at the Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cut back some of those programs.
“The offensive is delivering to make life more affordable for them,” continued Mamdani, whose platform is centered on lowering costs for New Yorkers.
Democrats last won a majority in the Senate in 2022. This time around, the party has flipped at least seven Republican-held seats, some of which are in deep-red territory. The party also flipped dozens of House districts.
“We have to use that power to deliver change that Americans can feel in their wallets,” the mayor said.
Mamdani, who rose to the national spotlight through his mayoral campaign in 2025, flexed his influence in the primaries by endorsing three progressive House candidates in deep-blue New York City districts. All three — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — won their respective races on Tuesday. Lander and Avila Chevalier will unseat incumbent Democrats whom they defeated in the primaries.
Valdez and Avila Chevalier are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, along with Mamdani, who said he “can’t wait to count on them as partners for our affordability agenda at the federal level.”
Two fellow New Yorkers who don’t hail from the Democratic Party’s progressive wing could play an outsized role in Congress starting next year: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who are seeking to lead their respective chambers come January.
On Wednesday, Jeffries announced his candidacy for speaker of the House, while Schumer told reporters on the same day that he believes he will be elected as Senate majority leader.
“I think that having leaders in Washington be from our city and of our city is of incredible importance to our city,” Mamdani said.
“Because for them, the struggles of New Yorkers are not intellectual concerns or ones that are being mediated through the prism of media or politics. It is one that they experience and hear from their constituents about every single day.”
Mamdani said he spoke with Jeffries to congratulate him on the victories across the board and added that the two “have a good working relationship.”
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