Republican leaders hope the ascent of the NYC mayoral candidate, a democratic socialist, will help them paint the Democrats as a far-left party.

He instantly becomes the face of the Democratic Party,” Rep. Mike Lawler tells TIME, referring to Zohran Mamdani

Tuesday night’s results are already rippling through next year’s midterms and the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

Republican lawmakers are steering clear of the intraparty showdown, with Trump’s team targeting Massie for defeat in next year’s midterm elections.

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill while he’s participating in the annual NATO Summit in the Netherlands this week amid entrenched GOP divisions that put a self-imposed July 4 deadline at risk.

Republican senators are pushing back hard on hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts included in the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, endangering Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-S.