US EditionAndrew Cuomo announces third-party run for NYC mayor, setting up rematch against Zohran Mamdani
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 14 – Cuomo seeks to consolidate anti-progressive voters with a pledge for candidates to drop out by mid-September if trailing, aiming to overcome low primary turnout of 13%, polls show.
- Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will run as an independent candidate for mayor in the November general election.
- Cuomo initiated his political comeback nearly four years after stepping down as governor amid an investigation that concluded he had engaged in sexual harassment involving a minimum of 11 women.
- Cuomo lost the June Democratic primary to progressive Zohran Mamdani by 12 percentage points and created an independent party called Fight and Deliver to qualify for the ballot.
- Cuomo denied wrongdoing, said the scandal was politically motivated, and declared, "The fight to save our city isn't over," while opponents fear multiple candidates will split the anti-Mamdani vote.
- The crowded November race includes mayoral incumbent Eric Adams and other candidates, with key labor unions backing Mamdani and calls for anti-progressive voters to unite.
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Cuomo Says He's Staying in NYC Mayoral Race
"I am in it to win it," former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a video posted on X Monday, weeks after he lost the Democratic primary for New York City mayor to Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo, who finished 12 percentage points behind Mamdani, said he now plans to run...
"I'm here to win." After having lost direct elections in the Democratic Party to be the candidate for the New York elections, Andrew Cuomo announced candidateship and challenge Zohran Mamdani.
Cuomo Shakes Up NYC Mayoral Race, Announces Run as Independent After Losing Democrat Primary to Communist Muslim Zohran Mamdani
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that he is jumping back into the NYC Mayoral race as an Independent after he lost the Democrat primary to Communist Muslim Zohran Mamdani last month.
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Andrew Cuomo will stay in NYC mayoral race
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that he will actively stay in the New York City mayoral race, but that he will accept a pledge to abide by the results of a proposed September poll, where he and other candidates would drop out if they aren’t leading. “The fight to save our city isn’t over… The general election is in November, and I am in it to win it,” Cuomo said in a video posted on X on Monday, wh…
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