New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday, US networks projected, on a day of key local votes across the country offering the first electoral judgement of Donald Trump’s tumultuous second White House term.
US cable channels NBC, CBS and CNN projected that Democratic socialist Mamdani, who will become New York’s first Muslim mayor, would pick up more votes than his closest rival, former governor Andrew Cuomo.
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