Overview

• Mamdani secured 43% of first-choice votes to Cuomo’s 36% as the ranked-choice count reached over 95%
• His grassroots operation enlisted 46,000 volunteers who knocked on more than 1.3 million doors and drove early voting surges among 18-34-year-olds
• He campaigned on rent freezes for subsidized apartments, free city buses, and municipal grocery stores to lower living costs
• High-profile endorsements from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders bolstered his bid, even as conservative figures and billionaire donors criticized his platform as radical
• With the Democratic nod in hand, Mamdani will challenge Eric Adams—now an independent—in the November general election