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Zohran Mamdani Secures Victory With Most Total Votes In Nyc Mayoral

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zohran mamdani secures victory with most total votes in nyc mayoral

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife, Rama Duwaji, react to supporters during an election night watch party, Tuesday in New York. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to... "The future is in our hands," Mamdani declared to roaring applause Tuesday night at a victory celebration in Brooklyn. "My friends, tonight we have toppled a political dynasty."

The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born Democratic socialist defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday's election, according to a race call by the Associated Press. It's a remarkable ascent for Mamdani, who was a relatively unknown state assemblymember representing a district in Queens when he entered the crowded mayoral race last year. He went on to win June's Democratic primary by 12 percentage points, quickly becoming one of the country's most popular and polarizing politicians along the way. Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news.

Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. At just 34 years old, he will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City and one of the most prominent democratic socialists holding elected office... With nearly 97% of ballots counted, Mamdani won over 50% of the vote, leading former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent and garnered 42%. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa trailed the field with 7%. As of 9 p.m.

more than 2 million New Yorkers had cast a ballot, according to the Board of Elections, a turnout not seen in a half century. Note: Map shows change in two-candidate vote margin from the general election compared with the final round of the primary. Only voters registered as Democrats participated in the primary. The New York Times Zohran Mamdani triumphed in the New York mayoral election on Tuesday, having expanded the coalition that carried him to victory in the Democratic primary in June. Mr.

Mamdani handily defeated former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who lost in the primary before running as an independent, and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate. By Wednesday morning, with an estimated 91 percent of the vote tallied, Mr. Mamdani had secured 50.4 percent of the vote, a nearly nine-point margin over Mr. Cuomo, his nearest rival.

Mr. Mamdani had a strong showing across the city among most racial and ethnic groups and most income levels. In mostly Black precincts, voters backed him decisively — a major shift from the primary, when those areas supported Mr. Cuomo — and he expanded his lead in areas with mostly Hispanic residents. He also captured a majority of the vote in low- and middle-income areas. Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who went from near obscurity to a stunning win in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary over former governor Andrew Cuomo, has done it again: Mamdani was...

The win was projected by both the Associated Press and NBC less than an hour after polls in the city closed. Mamdani spoke before a packed victory party shortly after 11 p.m. “Thank you to the next generation of New Yorkers who refused to accept that the promise of a better future was a relic of the past,” Mamdani said. He also acknowledged his opponents, namely Cuomo. “I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, and let tonight be the final time I utter his name,” Mamdani said. And he used the stage to speak directly to the president.

“Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I’ve got four words for you: Turn the volume up,” Mamdani said to raucous applause. By Election Day, all eyes were on the race in America’s most populous city as an electoral proxy for Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House. There was Mamdani, the upstart—a Ugandan-born political organizer turned state assemblyman representing the Astoria neighborhood in Queens since 2021—the anointed Democratic candidate. Republican Curtis Sliwa consistently polled last in the race, though he found a slice of TikTok virality with a subset of Gen Z voters. And then there was Cuomo, soundly defeated in the primary but keeping himself on the ticket anyway as an independent, receiving a last-minute cash infusion of $1.5 million from former mayor Mike Bloomberg right... Incumbent Eric Adams, who has his place in the history books for being the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted on corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery, and illegal campaign donations,...

(Adams denied wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty, and the case was later dismissed.) Many of his former supporters, a notable segment of whom belong to an ultra-wealthy tax bracket, shifted their allegiances to Cuomo after... (Adams shrugged off the comment when asked about it after his endorsement: “Brothers fight,” he said by way of explanation.) Still, Mamdani didn’t forget, telling Vanity Fair’s James Pogue via text in the days following Adams’s withdrawal from the race that he had a message to voters: “I’d say listen to what Eric Adams... Check here for results as they come in, as leftwing Democrat wins race to become city’s next mayor Full report: Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City in historic win Ever since his victory in the Democratic primary, Zohran Mamdani has been the clear favorite to win.

Polls aggregated by the New York Times had Mamdani anywhere from five to 25 points ahead of his opponents, Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, and Andrew Cuomo, who entered the race as an independent... New York had nine days of early voting which ended on 2 November. An analysis of early voting data by the City, a local news outlet in New York, found that more than 732,000 early votes were cast, 65% of the total votes cast in the entire... Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Queens assemblyman and the popular Democratic nominee, built his campaign around a central issue: affordability in one of the world’s most expensive cities. Born in Uganda and raised in New York City, Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist who will now become the city’s first Muslim mayor. A relatively unknown figure in New York politics until just a few months ago, Mamdani led a progressive, multiracial grassroots campaign that energized young voters, working-class families and communities of color across the five...

His platform, centered on freezing rent, expanding access to free childcare and making city buses free, has largely positioned him as a symbol of generational change and a leading figure in the revival of... Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism attracted a diverse coalition of supporters to propel a once-underdog campaign, has won New York City’s general election race for... Mamdani beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a second time, shattering the political scion’s hopes of a comeback after his loss to Mamdani in the June Democratic primary. Also running in the general election was Republican Curtis Sliwa, who refused to end his campaign despite pressure from Cuomo and his supporters. Coming out to cheers at his election night event in Brooklyn, Mamdani told his supporters they have ushered in a “new age” of politics in the city.

“For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well connected that power does not belong in their hands, fingers bruised from... “Palms calloused from delivery by candle bars. Knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power. And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater,” Mamdani said. “Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it.”

Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez critiques Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s use of the racial category system on ‘The Will Cain Show.’ Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani clinched a historic, and deeply polarizing, victory by officially receiving the most votes ever recorded in a New York City mayoral primary. After three rounds, Mamdani received 565,639 votes, surpassing the previous record of 547,901 votes held by David N. Dinkins in 1989, according to updated ranked-choice voting totals released Tuesday by the NYC Board of Elections. Mamdani celebrated the milestone on X, posting: "With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York... NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI IDENTIFIED AS BLACK, ASIAN ON COLUMBIA APPLICATION: REPORT

Updated on: November 5, 2025 / 11:32 AM EST / CBS New York Mamdani promised to bring New York City into an age of "relentless improvement" as he claimed victory in the mayoral race late Tuesday night. He said his win was one for the working people of New York and reiterated his campaign promises on affordability. "Let the words we've spoken together, the dreams we've dreamt together, become the agenda we deliver together," Mamdani said. "New York, this power, it's yours. This city belongs to you.

Thank you." To watch his full victory speech, click here. The 33-year-old's success prompted varied reactions in the city. Just hours after Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York's mayoral primary on Wednesday, a small group of business leaders convened with Mayor Eric Adams, who bypassed the Democratic primary and is... Attendees were focused on strategizing how to prevent Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member, from winning the mayoralty -- and assessing whether Adams was the strongest contender to oppose him in November. Among those present was former NYC mayoral candidate and former hedge fund executive Whitney Tilson, who recently shared a debate stage with Mamdani.

Tilson described Mamdani as "very charming and charismatic," but added he sharply disagrees with Mamdani's policies and that "[a small fraction] of New York City voters picked him… It's a totally rigged closed primary." Tilson told ABC News when it became clear the race was between two people, he had hoped former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would win. He said he would "...continue for the next 130 days what I began in earnest 45 days ago -- to make sure Zohran Mamdani, an unqualified radical socialist, does not become mayor of our...

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