Voters in the largest city in America are choosing a Democratic nominee for mayor via ranked-choice voting. The crowded field is led by former governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned from the state’s top office four years ago following sexual harassment allegations; state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who snagged key endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York); Comptroller Brad Lander, who made headlines when he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an immigration hearing last week; and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
This is a ranked-choice primary – only first-choice votes will be tabulated on election night. Final vote calculations will be released July 1 and updated weekly until all ballots are counted. Republican Curtis Sliwa is uncontested in his primary.
Talking head on NY1 said that they were expecting going into the night that Mamdani would have the early lead from early voting but as same day votes came in his lead over Cuomo would shrink. Except it’s held steady. He said we’re in “would require a statistical anomaly” territory for Cuomo to come back.
Yeah, it stayed steady as the votes came in. Barring any crazy RCV surprises he is the dem nominee