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Mamdani Leads New York Mayor’s Race on Eve of Vote

Obama’s private outreach to the front-runner underscores the race’s national stakes as Republicans escalate attacks.

Overview

  • A Victory Insights survey from late October shows Zohran Mamdani at 46.7%, Andrew Cuomo at 28.6% as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa at 16.2% in the three-way contest.
  • Barack Obama phoned Mamdani to praise his campaign and offered to serve as a sounding board if he wins, according to reports citing Reuters.
  • President Donald Trump has attacked Mamdani as a communist and warned of consequences for New York if he is elected.
  • Republican Representatives Randy Fine and Andy Ogles asked the Justice Department to review Mamdani’s 2018 naturalization and consider denaturalization.
  • Mamdani’s operation reports more than 90,000 volunteers mobilizing young and multicultural voters, and his platform emphasizes a rent freeze, 200,000 affordable homes, free city buses, public groceries, and universal childcare.