BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Officially Projected to WIN NYC Mayor Race

It’s official: Democrat socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayoral race.

The Muslim communist is beating out former New York governor Andrew Cuomo by a pretty steep margin.

NBC News has called the race:

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. https://t.co/GmUlvADGhV pic.twitter.com/iEaO0Waozn

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2025

Decision Desk HQ also confirmed:

Decision Desk HQ projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election.#DecisionMade: 9:03 pm ET

Follow live results on our website. pic.twitter.com/JLV4vXwznG

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 5, 2025

Here’s the most up-to-date election results, per The New York Times:

The NYT has more:

Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker who transformed himself into an electrifying voice for New Yorkers disillusioned with runaway living costs and a scandal-plagued old guard, was elected the city’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.

His victory, stretching from the gentrified corridors of Brooklyn to the working-class immigrant enclaves of Queens, completed one of the most remarkable political upsets in New York history and will soon put a democratic socialist in City Hall.

Mr. Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in a rematch of June’s Democratic primary, as New Yorkers soundly rejected a man who was once the state’s most powerful figure for the second time in five months. Curtis Sliwa, the Republican, was in a distant third place, and conceded earlier in the night.

Turnout surged past 2 million voters, the highest level of participation in one of the city’s municipal elections since 1969.

A state assemblyman from Queens, Mr. Mamdani had entered the contest a year ago as little more than a protest candidate with a thin résumé and virtually no citywide profile.

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But his intense focus on affordability, mastery of social media and relentlessly infectious optimism about New York galvanized record turnout among young voters and immigrant groups, catapulting him past more seasoned rivals.

Now, he is poised to make history. He will be New York City’s youngest mayor since the 19th century, and its first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. Born in Uganda to parents of Indian descent, he will also be the first naturalized immigrant to serve as mayor since Abraham Beame in the 1970s.

Mr. Mamdani campaigned as an insurgent against the city’s long-running political and business establishment. He has called for raising taxes on the wealthy, making buses and child care free, a rent freeze for rent-stabilized apartments and overhauling a Police Department he has harshly criticized.

But he will face profound challenges when he takes office on Jan. 1. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany lawmakers hold the strings to the purse needed to fund his plans. Many Jewish New Yorkers and business leaders deeply mistrust him.

Looming over all of it is President Trump, who even before Mr. Mamdani’s victory had identified “my little communist mayor” as a target of his ire. The president officially backed Mr. Cuomo on the eve of the election.

Mr. Trump has threatened to make New York the next target in his fight with American cities, potentially cutting off federal funds and deploying the National Guard, if Mr. Mamdani pursues policies he does not like.

They actually did it, folks.

New York City has elected a communist.

Now, they have to sleep in the bed they made.

It’s not going to be pretty.

RIP NYC! pic.twitter.com/4H0gVyzMld

— Teagan1776🇺🇸 (@Teagan1776) November 5, 2025