Voters in several states cast ballots yesterday in closely watched off-year elections, including races for New York City mayor and governors in Virginia and New Jersey.
In New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani (50.4%) defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (41.6%)—a centrist Democrat who ran as an independent—and Republican Curtis Sliwa (7.1%). The 34-year-old Mamdani becomes the first Muslim mayor and Asian American mayor of the nation’s largest city. More than 2 million people voted in the election, surpassing total votes cast in any previous NYC mayoral race since 1969.
In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Democrat and former US Rep. Abigail Spanberger beat Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, becoming the first woman elected to the role. Spanberger held a 57.5%-42.3% lead with 97% of votes in as of this writing. Democrats also won the lieutenant governor’s seat and the state’s attorney general race.
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) beat Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a closely watched race that tightened in the final weeks in the polls but ended as a double-digit victory. The tally early this morning stood at 56.2%-43.2%.
In California, voters approved an amendment (64%-36%) establishing a temporary new congressional map that could shift as many as five seats to Democrats in the US House in next year’s midterms.
See results from around the country here.
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Wow, who would have ever thought, 24 years after the 911 terrorist attacks, NY would elect a terrorist to run the city. Sad day for NY. We need to fence them off permanently from the U.S. and let them be their own country.
If you are going to be stupid you gotta be tough… New Yorkers are really tough.
C’est la vie N Y C
As the saying goes… “You deserve the government you elect.”