Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election in 2025

Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election in 2025

Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election  And we're paying them. - Governor Whitman, I hate this. I have to stop you. I have to thank you for joining us.

But we have another call we want to make, which is that NBC NEWSSCAN is now projecting that Democratic sociologist Zoran Mamdani is the likely winner.

Mayor-elect of New York City, the first Muslim to hold that distinction. He came close and topped the list in the Assemblyman primary, Governor Komvas was beaten there

And then Rana, an independent, and now he's declared the winner. Big board. How did he pull it off? How did he pull it off? What's going to be a historic win? - Yeah, well,

It's probably going to be closer than the Spanish win. It was a 12-point margin in that Hadi primary. I mean, CLRly said the polls were all over the place,

but the polls are still pretty close to being right here by a margin, partly because Curtis Silva voted, Ken Puyo voted 15 points lower than him and it looks like

that it's really coming together behind DIDANDREW CUOMO. One thing that continues to be looked at is will Mamdani end up clearing 50 percent? Will he now be able to say that he's going to get a majority

where the rest of the votes are coming from? One thing Mamdani, besides the fact that he won the race, if he wants to crack 50, the thing that's going to go his way is that he's going to get a disproportionately small number of votes compared to

the other boroughs, just in terms of the proportion of votes he's getting. And that's the best part of the city right now, and where the fewest votes are coming from is Staten Island.

And it's obvious that Mamdani is the worst part of the city. So Farmani has a chance to get over 50%. We'll see. Can he win that double digit over Cuomo?

We'll see. But again, you think about it. This is the Democratic nominee in one of the strongest democracies in the United States.

And in the general election, you're probably looking at, you know, a ten-point win. So there's a lot of people in the city who were willing to vote for Mamdani, even though they were with the Democrats.

And even the Democrats usually win New York City elections, you know,

 By an open length. So there's stability here. I think that's also worth noting. In the OUREXIT poll, we asked people if it was just a two-man race, Cuomo versus Mamdani,

and it was basically dead in the OUREXIT poll there as well. So if you're on the CUOMO campaign, you're looking at this stability. One thing you're probably thinking,

Jeez, hey, Eric, you got Eric Adams, the incumbent mayor, to step aside and leave Cuomo. What if they actually get out of this race and get a complete stability? This thing could actually,

be a real nail-biter right now. And just one final point as we see the final results come in with the cumulative, it's probably going to be a lot

that this is the end of this Cuomo family. You know it goes into the background. It goes back decades, I should say, with his father. His father ran for mayor of New York City nearly 50 years ago,

losing the Democratic primary, continuing his candidacy as a third-party candidate in the general election, just like Ed Koch 50 to 41%. And.Now we can make a major prediction in the New York City mayoral race. CNN projects a Democratic Socialist. So Democratic candidate Ron Mamdani will be elected the next mayor of New York.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been defeated by Republican Curtis Mamdani to secure a historic victory in the city.

At 34, he will be the city's youngest mayor in a century. He will also be the first Muslim mayor of New York City.

Once again, CNN is predicting that Zoran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York, New York, and CNN's Abby Phillips Mamdani is a big winner in Brooklyn, New York.

Saron Mamdani, a candidate who was basically unknown in the city about a year ago, and now he's the mayor. We just heard the crowd behind us, screaming, shouting, clapping,

at the news that you just announced, on CNN. This room is really filling up with supporters. They are anxious, waiting, many nights have passed since hearing about a long journey.

These supporters who have stuck with Mamdani since the beginning despite the possibility of a candidacy, in these final days of the campaign, the race has become very negative. Many of his supporters believe that the attacks against him were Islamophobic, that they were, you heard it there, they are screaming that this news is spreading more. Supporters are happy tonight, as you can hear them on the news.

Five chances for the city to elect someone who, frankly, has never been elected before. Mamdani is both young. He is a Muslim,He's an immigrant, and he's someone who represents the fast food of the past. Jack, this crowd is really, really waiting to see the results after they come in. I know

that we're still looking at these numbers. He's so close to getting to 50 percent, and there are a lot of people in this room and in his campaign who don't want to see what that means

what it would have been like to use him, the minority of the city that Mamdani has won over, but if he's able to win the majority, he might have a chance to make the argument

that he has some kind of mandate in the city. I'm going to come to my colleague Gloria Parsley. Now here. She's been covering Mamdani for the last few months. And, you know

how you feel. Victory, for Mamdani supporters. Yes. This is a candidate who started out in the primary and was literally polling at 1 percent.

I was talking to someone earlier today who was talking about how hard it was for Zoran Mamdani to get press coverage to care about in the early days of the primary.

The underdog campaign, and he ran like an underdog. I think that's a really big lesson of this campaign. It doesn't matter what you think about the candidate's campaign

that has really picked up in the last few weeks as it often does. But, I mean, he was walking across Brooklyn Branch yesterday at sunrise, I'm sure that was it.

You. She was pumping her fist in the air. She's one of the elected officials in New York who stood with Mamdani even when he was being ridiculed as a communist in his own party, in the Democratic Party,

and as a shadow of Donald Trump, and that's what we've done a great deal of in the last few days. Support Andrew Cuomo.

He has been following in the footsteps of prominent Mamdani supporter Letitia James. He has promised to withhold funding for New York City.How big a factor has Donald Trump been? He's been a huge factor, both positive and negative. Okay. Donald Trump is weighing in on this race. We know from our reporting

that he's been talking about this race more than any other race in New Jersey and Virginia. Trump's threat to cut federal funding is something

that Zoran Mamdani and his team take very seriously. But you're sure he's heard that this is probably going to happen in the current city. Mayor Eric Adams hasn't done enough to respond to those threats,

and he says he will when he's elected. Okay. So, Jack, while we wait to hear what Mamdani says and he comes out in this room,

a very ardent supporter tonight, we'll just wait to hear what he says to New Yorkers, and what he says about the city moving out.

The very real threat from President Trump is that he will try to challenge Mamdani for the leadership of the city, which is even further in the realm of his efforts to defend New York City.

Jack. Interesting stuff. Abby, Philip and Gloria Pacino, thank you very much. And this is a historic night, not just for our own Mamdani, but for the Democratic Party, which has been so disillusioned since the 2024 election.

We have three big wins, which we will have in New York City. Independent Andrew Cuomo, who defeated the mayor in New Jersey, Congresswoman Mickey Sherrill, who defeated Republican Jackie Raleigh.

She will be the next governor of New Jersey, the first Democratic female governor of New Jersey. Defeating Spanberger, the current lieutenant governor. It was just a big night for Democrats,

who didn’t have much to smile about last year. Anderson Cooper is in New York, take him, Jack, Jack, thank you very much. You're with the team,

David Axelrod. What's the message in this race, the largest party for Democrats? The message should be to the president. I think, you know, it was interesting.

I spent a lot of time on CNN Pollster Day in the crosstab of this poll, and you could actually see a pattern of what's going to happen in this poll today, because, you know,

The overwhelming majority of people said, the economy and the cost of living were their main concern, the conditions today, were their concern. 28%, favorable, rating.

And they gave the president's economic, policies a really negative rating that was contributing to that. And those were the people who were ticking time bombs for the Republicans.

So if you're in the White House tonight and you're watching this. No, I mean, not only is this race in other states in New York,What are you starting to build now? Well, I'll tell you one thing I will do, I won't do, as the president does over and over again and tell people that this has been a historically successful year

and the economy is strong and it's the envy of the world. And if you're sitting at home trying to pay your bills and buy your kids' rent and buy your own rent. How are they going to do that,

you don't want to hear that. And if he doesn't believe that, talk to Joe Biden, because that's what he did. And that was a terrible, disastrous strategy for him.

So I think, you know, look, you had good candidates, you know, these gubernatorial and the latest candidates, they had biographies and they made great candidates.

I thought Spanberger gave a great speech tonight. It was really the opposite of the politics that people have become so disillusioned with. But, at the end of the day,

you know, when you have the conditions that we have in this country and you're the current president and you run everything and you make a point of running everything,

then you're going to be called to vote. Scott, do you think the White House should listen? I mean, look, these are blue states, and the Democrats should have won,

so I'm not going to override that. Virginia, in particular, has never been very good. Don't think that a lot of people's confidence in the Republican campaign was misplaced. Jersey is New Jersey,

so I would hesitate to override that. I don't think the concerns that you've raised are a legitimate political strategy. Concerns. You know, I think

that I just want to offer my condolences to Chuck Schumer. Honestly, what I'm reading here in New York City is that AOC is going to be the next senator from New York.

If she can pull off her last run and the 2028 Democratic primary and the 2026 Democratic primary for their senators, I see an energy behind the Democratic Party.

The energy among Virginia Democrats is looking to the violent candidate for attorney general who says he wants to kill Republicans in their children.What are you starting to build now? Well, I'll tell you one thing I will do, I won't do, as the president does over and over again and tell people that this has been a historically successful year

and the economy is strong and it's the envy of the world. And if you're sitting at home trying to pay your bills and buy your kids' rent and buy your own rent. How are they going to do that,

you don't want to hear that. And if he doesn't believe that, talk to Joe Biden, because that's what he did. And that was a terrible, disastrous strategy for him.

So I think, you know, look, you had good candidates, you know, these gubernatorial and the latest candidates, they had biographies and they made great candidates.

I thought Spanberger gave a great speech tonight. It was really the opposite of the politics that people have become so disillusioned with. But, at the end of the day,

you know, when you have the conditions that we have in this country and you're the current president and you run everything and you make a point of running everything,

then you're going to be called to vote. Scott, do you think the White House should listen? I mean, look, these are blue states, and the Democrats should have won,

so I'm not going to override that. Virginia, in particular, has never been very good. Don't think that a lot of people's confidence in the Republican campaign was misplaced. Jersey is New Jersey,

so I would hesitate to override that. I don't think the concerns that you've raised are a legitimate political strategy. Concerns. You know, I think

that I just want to offer my condolences to Chuck Schumer. Honestly, what I'm reading here in New York City is that AOC is going to be the next senator from New York.

If she can pull off her last run and the 2028 Democratic primary and the 2026 Democratic primary for their senators, I see an energy behind the Democratic Party.

The energy among Virginia Democrats is looking to the violent candidate for attorney general who says he wants to kill Republicans in their children.If you think you're getting rid of Grand Plattner in Maine now, think again. This is a terrible night for the national Democratic image given what's going on inside his party.]

Mom Donnie is a bona fide socialist. He's not who people say he is, he's who he says he is. The Democratic Party. That's who he is.

What's up there? Who's the leader now? Can someone tell me he's a life raft for Republicans who have to go on TV and I don't know, this. You own him? No you this.