Photos by Daniel Efram
Last evening, d.b.a. on First Avenue hosted a watch party for Zohran Mamdani.
And it turned out to be a night to remember for his supporters as the 33-year-old Democratic socialist from Queens appeared set to win the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Although a winner won't be officially declared until July 1 due to the city's ranked-choice voting system, Cuomo conceded less than two hours after the polls closed at 9 p.m.
Mamdani carried about 43.5% of the vote, in what Democratic political strategist Trip Yang described to Gothamist as "the biggest upset in modern New York City history." (Read more: 5 takeaways from the NYC mayoral primary at The Hill.)
He will now face off against Mayor Adams, who's running as an independent, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in November. He may also see Cuomo again, per Axios and other published reports.
In the race for term-limited Carlina Rivera's City Council seat in District 2, Assembly Member Harvey Epstein appears to be headed for victory with nearly 40% of the vote, per The New York Times. He is followed by Sarah Batchu (21.2%), Andrea Gordillo (21.1%), Anthony Weiner (10.3%), and Allie Ryan (7.3%).
3 comments:
Hooray for Zohran! Thanks for reporting this fun watch party. Finally something good happens in politics.
This is terrible I cannot believe this guy won the democratic primary. He is what this city does not need a left-wing socialist liberal whose ideas will never work and will cause nothing but harm to this city. What were the voters thinking??
What a disaster. Can not believe where my parties priorities are
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