# 'A new direction’: Why Zohran Mamdani backs candidates challenging Democratic incumbents

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Podcast: [The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-11th-hour-with-stephanie-ruhle-1127868)
Published: 2026-06-23T04:47:43+00:00
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## Resource

Mayor Mamdani explains his endorsements of challengers in the New York Democratic primaries Tuesday. Plus Vance unveils a new path to end the war in Iran that looks a lot like something that already existed. And Ta-Nehisi Coates on post-Civil War Reconstruction era and how it got us to today. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, David Rohde, Chris O’Leary, Ta-Nehisi Coates all join Ai Velshi on The 11th Hour.

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