Overview
- Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s three-way mayoral race over Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, with reports citing record turnout of more than two million voters and a majority share exceeding 50 percent.
- Virginia state senator Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor race over Republican John Reid, becoming the first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office in the United States, with AP projections showing roughly 53–47.
- Cincinnati’s Aftab Pureval secured a second term as mayor, defeating Republican Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President J.D. Vance, with early results showing about 79 percent of the vote.
- Multiple outlets framed the Democratic wins as an early political setback for President Donald Trump, noting his backing of Cuomo in New York and reported threats to withhold federal funds if Mamdani prevailed.
- Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist and Queens assemblyman, is set to be sworn in January 1 and is reported to be the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century, with a platform centered on affordability measures such as rent freezes and fare-free buses.