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Champagne and Cheers Across New York as Mamdani Soars to Victory
Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of New York, won with over 1.03 million votes, surpassing all other candidates combined, signaling a Democratic shift.
- On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoral race decisively, receiving at least 1.03 million votes and more than 50% of the vote share.
- The contest featured three leading candidates: Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, former New York governor, and Curtis Sliwa, with incumbent mayor Eric Adams dropping out yet still on ballots.
- Mr Mamdani told supporters `If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him` Sunday, while Trump threatened to withhold federal funding.
- Democrats gained momentum with multiple victories on Tuesday, while Mamdani will take office on January 1 as the city's youngest and first Muslim mayor.
- The US government shutdown reached its 36th day today, freezing non-essential federal functions and affecting services from social security to air travel, impacting non-essential federal workers.
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New York mayor latest: 'Trump's worst nightmare' wins mayoral election - as president reacts during victory speech
The Democrats are celebrating elections seen as bellwether referendums in Donald Trump's second term as president. Their most notable victory came in New York, where Zohran Mamdani - self-styled as Trump's worst nightmare - became the first Muslim mayor. Listen to Trump100 as you scroll.
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In the election campaign, Zohran Mamdani described himself as Trump's "worst nightmare." From January onwards, he will rule the largest city in the United States – and then he will have to prove what that means.
Trump's preventive actions were unsuccessful: the 34-year-old charismatic newcomer becomes the first Muslim political leader of the US East Coast metropolis.
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