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Zohran Mamdani: “I began this campaign at 1% name recognition.”

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Zohran Mamdani Discusses His Historic Mayoral Campaign and Vision for New York City

Published July 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:03

And what I'm excited by is that whereas for the first three, four months of this campaign, I couldn't get into a church because nobody knew who I was, I began this campaign at 1% name recognition. and that's being charitable to myself. And then by the end of it, I was double booked on Sundays. And now we have more months to have those same kinds of visits to introduce myself again and again. (19:03–19:07)

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