Democratic socialist Queens lawmaker Zohran Mamdani has officially won the Democratic primary Tuesday, growing his lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to 12%, according to ranked-choice voting tabulations newly released by the city Board of Elections.
Mamdani clinched the race on July 1 after nabbing 56% of the vote in the 3rd round of ranked-choice; Cuomo trailed at 44%. The contest only went to three rounds because the nine other candidates besides Mamdani and Cuomo were axed following the second round under what is known as batch elimination, in which two or more candidates can be dropped at the same time if their first choice votes combined is less than those for the candidates immediately ahead of them.
