Within the intently watched New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral main, no candidate reached the 50% threshold wanted to be declared the winner outright. However after a robust exhibiting by state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentioned he’s conceding the Democratic main.
The New York Metropolis Board of Elections reported as of 10:30 p.m that Mamdani was main among the many candidates voters ranked first on their poll, with 44% of the vote. Cuomo was second with about 36%. Metropolis comptroller Brad Lander adopted with about 11%.
New York mayoral candidate, Andrew Cuomo in New York Metropolis, June 24, 2025 and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York Metropolis, June 4, 2025.
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The early outcomes amounted to a robust exhibiting Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, who had gained momentum in polling and fundraising within the closing weeks of the marketing campaign and capitalized on social media virality and enthusiasm amongst youthful voters.
“Tonight was not our night time; tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night time, and he put collectively an important marketing campaign and he touched younger folks and impressed them and moved them and obtained them to come back out and vote,” Cuomo mentioned at an occasion with supporters on Tuesday night time. He mentioned later, “Tonight is his night time. He deserved it. He gained. We’re going to have a look and make some selections.”
In a shock announcement, Cuomo’s marketing campaign mentioned Tuesday night time he was conceding the first and “trying towards November,” indicating he isn’t ruling out an impartial run.
Earlier, Cuomo’s marketing campaign mentioned he would run on a “Combat and Ship” poll line within the common election that he says is supposed for voters disillusioned with the Democratic Get together.
Even with Cuomo’s announcement, the race is ready to proceed to a ranked-choice depend since no candidate obtained greater than 50%.
Tuesday’s outcomes don’t but replicate any ranked-choice tabulation. Extra complete outcomes will not be reported till July 1, when the board of elections plans to run the ranked-choice tabulations.
