al campaign in many ways — as Al Sharpton, Letitia James and other Democrats have noted — albeit on a much smaller political battlefield. But Obama and Mamdani also have the common experience of being Donald Trump’s bogeyman.

Donovan Richards, a Democrat who has been serving the borough for over 13 years, urged the party to fall in line behind the 33-year-old mayoral nominee, as top New York Dems continue to drag their feet on publicly backing Mamdani.

Al Sharpton said former President Obama's call to Zohran Mamdani helped shed the perception the democratic socialist candidate is "too radical" for the Democratic Party.

Zohran Mamdani said he has spoken to Barack Obama “a number of times” since he trounced the Democratic establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo in the party’s mayoral primary.

The Obama world is reportedly open the prospect of socialist Zohran Mamdani leading New York City including Obama ally Patrick Gaspard who is said to be advising the campaign.

Former President Obama sat down with Texas Democrats to lay out what is at stake as they protest Trump’s request for state Republicans to gerrymander Texas’s congressional map. Meghan Hays and Matthew Dowd discuss this new wrinkle in a growing national redistricting battle and reporting Obama called New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.