Zohran Mamdani leads New York City mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes: ‘He won’ | New York
The 33 -year -old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, who would be the first Muslim mayor of New York, was prepared to win the democratic primary of the city on Tuesday night, even though it was days ago.
After 91% of the votes in the primary first round, a state representative Mamdani 43.5% of the votes. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a heavy favorite until the last weeks 36.4 %and Tuesday night was accepted. Talking at a campaign rally He said cuomo Mamdani carried out a really smart and good and effective campaign ..
“Tonight his night. He deserved. He won, Cu Cuomo said. Progressive New York controller Brad Lander came third with 11.4%.
The New York City uses a sequential voting system and the election board will now balance people’s second choice candidates, as no candidate can reach 50%. Mamdani, who was crossed with Lander last week, is estimated to have benefited more than Cuomo than the count.
Mamdani’s striking increase will serve the democratic institution as a rebuke and will give hope to other progresses who hopes to run in elections throughout the country. Cuomo was supported by deep -pocket donors and approved by a centralist figure wave, including Bill Clinton, but Mamdani took advantage of the increase in base support among young people.
Talking Tuesday Night Cuomo said he was looking for Mamdani to “congratulate him”.
“He brought together a great campaign and touched young people and inspired them, and he went out and voted, Cu said Cuomo. “I applaud him sincerely for his effort.”
Cuomo told the New York Times that he could still work independently in the November mayor’s elections.
“I want to analyze and talk to some colleagues,” he said.
However, given the popularity of New York’s intense democratic structure and the popularity of Eric Adams in charge, Mamdani will be a favorite to become the 11th mayor of New York.
New York Mayor’s race was followed closely throughout the United States. In the pit of two different democrats against each other, Donald presented a vision of what voters want from a party struggling to provide a consistent alternative to Trump.
Central Governor Cuomo and Mamdani appeared as a pioneer in the last weeks of the primary, Mamdani closed the gap in Cuomo with plenty of enthusiasm from young York people.
Mamdani hoped to benefit from the sequential preference voting system of Primary, who allowed voters to rank five candidates in order of preference.
Cuomo, who was elected as the governor three times before he resigned because of sexual harassment charges, entered the race with a very superior name recognition and made a 30 -point leadership in the ballot box. However A survey published on Monday He showed that Mamdani won the primary after more than one census round.
Mamdani ran on a progressive platform, promised to freeze and make buses free of charge throughout the city, and his campaign was pushed by a social media after dwarfing his competitors. It was approved by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an event attended by thousands of people in June and won the support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Cuomo was much less visible, avoided big rallies for tightly managed views in union offices and other small spaces. As the race narrowed, the campaign, some of whom were financed by billionaire republican donors, focused almost only on attacking Mamdani and spent millions of dollars on mails and TV ads. New York Times reported This Cuomo benefited more than $ 25 million in the primary external expenditures in the city record.
Early voting started in New York on June 14, and the city said that more than 380,000 people voted until Sunday, and more than twice the votes of early votes in 2021 primary. A heat wave on Tuesday – Temperatures in New York reached 100F (38c) – did not suppress participation with more than 1 million people estimated to vote, CBS New York reported.
The primary winner is not guaranteed to be the mayor of the 111th of New York, but in a city where registered democrats are largely more than the number of Republicans.
Eric Adams, who won the 2021 election as a Democrat but works as an independent candidate this year, is not deeply popular in the city. Last year, Adams were accused of taking bribes and accepting foreign campaign contributions, but the accusations fell in April after the Trump administration intervened.
