Democratic socialist Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani appears to have defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and eight other candidates in the Democratic NYC mayoral primary to replace Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday night, according to unofficial city Board of Elections tallies.
Mamdani, who represents a portion of western Queens, garnered about 43.5% of the vote, short of the over 50% majority of the vote needed to win outright in the first round, so New Yorkers will likely have to wait at least a week for ranked-choice voting to confirm the contest’s winner. However, he is likely to claim the majority of secondary votes from other progressive candidates in the race given his cross endorsements with other left-leaning contenders — chiefly city Comptroller Brad Lander.
