Zohran Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party now

Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent for the Muslim, 34-year-old state lawmaker.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist nominee who has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric, has won the New York City mayoral race.

At press time, with 75% of the votes counted, Mamdani had 860,327 votes (50.4%), followed by 704,866 (41.3%) for former Democratic state governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, and 128,400 (7.5%) for the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels.

The Republican Jewish Coalition stated that “it’s official. Zohran Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party now.”

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