Zohran Mamdani confirmed as winner of New York mayoral primary

Results of ranked-choice voting have Mamdani beating Cuomo by 12 percentage points as Democratic nominee

Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, a new vote count confirmed on Tuesday, cementing his stunning upset of former governor Andrew Cuomo and sending him to the general election.

The Associated Press called the race after the results of the city’s ranked-choice voting tabulation were released and showed Mamdani beating Cuomo by 12 percentage points.

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