4 major election results: NJ, Va. state races, NYC elects democratic socialist Mamdani, Calif. passes Prop 50

3. New York City elects democratic socialist mayor 

The largest city in the U.S. held a mayoral election that made headlines worldwide. The multi-candidate race included Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Democrat-turned-independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, has come out on top. 

With 98% of the vote reporting, Mamdani has won 50.5% of the vote to Cuomo’s 41.7% and Sliwa’s 7.2%. Mamdani replaces incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who originally sought re-election as a Democrat before running as an independent. In the waning weeks of the campaign, Adams dropped out of the race. 

The race has received heightened national attention due to Mamdani’s proposals calling for the establishment of government-run grocery stores, raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour, his call for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the event that he travels to New York City, and his support for defunding the New York Police Department.

Denouncing Mamdani as a “Communist,” President Donald Trump vowed to withhold federal funding from the Big Apple if Mamdani won the election.