"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."
"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 administration is performing and which parties voters are aligning themselves with. According to NBC's exit poll on Tuesday, 55 percent of voters in New Jersey, 56 percent of voters in Virginia, 69 percent of voters in New York City, and 63 percent of voters in California said they disapproved of Trump."
Democrats captured key races across several states, winning governorships in New Jersey and Virginia and passing California's Proposition 50 to allow Democratic lawmakers to redraw congressional maps. Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, secured the New York mayoralty and became the city's first Muslim mayor after receiving over one million votes versus about 850,000 for Andrew Cuomo. The votes occurred in states regarded as Democratic strongholds and represented the first round of elections since President Donald Trump's second term began. Exit polls showed sizable disapproval of Trump in those jurisdictions, offering signals for next year's midterms.
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