Caribbean politicians easily win re-election

By Nelson A. King Posted on November 5, 2025

Riding on a huge voter turnout, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani swept to the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York. Meanwhile, Caribbean Democratic legislators in New York easily won re-election in Tuesday’s General Elections.

With 90 % of the ballots counted, New York City Democratic Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the son of Grenadian immigrants, received 1,362,196 votes, or 72.9 %; Republican Gonzalo Duran received 465,113 votes, or 24.9%; and Independent Martin Dolan obtained 42,314 votes, or 2.3%.