Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has won the New York mayoral election to become the city’s first Muslim mayor, polls projected late on Tuesday after voting closed in the closely watched election.
By the time 91 percent of votes had been counted late on Tuesday night, Mamdani, who stood as the candidate for the Democratic Party, had won more than one million votes in the mayoral race, compared with about 850,000 votes for Andrew Cuomo, standing as an independent.
Democrats also won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on the same day, and Californians voted to allow the state’s Democratic lawmakers to redraw the congressional map.
Here are some key takeaways from the local United States elections:
Test of Trump’s popularity
The votes took place in states considered strongholds for Democrats, who indeed have won the elections.
Voting in different US states marked the first round of elections since President Donald Trump’s second term began in January this year.
Off-year elections, which take place during years when there is no presidential election, are usually viewed as an early litmus test of popular opinion on how an admini
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