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Mamdani Wins Stunning Upset in Democratic Primary as Cuomo Concedes Race (www.thecity.nyc)

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Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is on track to secure the Democratic nomination for mayor, after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to him Tuesday night following the first round of ranked-choice primary votes.

With 95% of precincts reporting two hours after polls closed at 9 p.m., 44% ranked Mamdani as their first choice while 36% chose Cuomo first and 11% had city Comptroller Brad Lander.

Mamdani emerged to raucus applause at his election party on a brewery rooftop in Long Island City, about 20 minutes after midnight.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

33 year old accepting his political victory on an urban rooftop brewery is millennial as fuck lol

Congrats to Mamdani, and congrats to New York for sending a pretty clear message to cuomo that he’s not wanted. Yeah 36% is a lot of people but an 8pt differential is a staggering defeat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

And the polling suggested that pretty much everyone who ranked Cuomo had him first. Mamdani would likely have gained nearly all of the 20% of people who ranked someone else first if the instant runoff had continued.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For a dude who used to be governor and had a personal superPAC for the race, basically got slapped in the face lol. Hahaha fuck Cuomo and Adams. Here's to Zohran winning the general and actually getting stuff done!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Andrew Cuomo wasn't governor. Andrew was the guy from CNN. His brother was governor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded

Chris Cuomo is the guy from CNN

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also wonder how many people had Mamdhani ranked second VS Cuomo.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Luckily we don’t need to know! Though I’m sure that will be released at some point