Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.

Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.

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[–] 498 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I started the day with the news that Dick Cheney is dead. Now I'm ending it with news that Zohran Mamdani is mayor. It's been the best day in a long, long time.

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  • [–] 65 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Hold up, vice president headshots died? Howd I miss that?

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    [–] 209 points 9 months ago (18 children)

    Hell yeah. Hopefully this will contribute momentum to a larger nationwide socialist movement.

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  • [–] 87 points 9 months ago (18 children)

    Almost as soon as Mamdani won the primary, the DNC chair did a PBS interview talking about the important part was the platform Mamdani ran on...

    And Martin only waited till after the primary, because he legit believes a party shouldn't be biased. But he ran Minnesota for a decade, and under his watch they went from purple to progressive as fuck.

    The only way we lose, is if people pre-emptively give up on the party and don't vote in the primary. So there's going to be a lot of noise trying to convince people not to trust the new party

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    [–] 158 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Billionaire will = thwarted

    Billionaire funding = wasted

    We have a long slog ahead of us. But today was a good day.

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    [–] 137 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    A win for the people! Cuomo's campaign expenses were $56 million, 2.5 times higher than Mamdani's. Cuomo was mostly funded by billionaires, while Mamdani had mostly small sum contributions.

    Why are capitalists so bad at investments?? Weren't they supposed to be the smart entrepreneurs?

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    [–] 116 points 9 months ago

    AP calls the race for Mamdani as well.

    Beacon of hope in a dark time for America. Now it's time for all New Yorkers to prepare to make the city that lifts everyone up in a way that every North American city would want to emulate.

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  • [–] 96 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Wow who would've thought that listening to voters' concerns about the economy, acknowledging their fears, and promising real change to address the most important issues facing them would be a viable way to win elections!

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    [–] 79 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Chaney is dead, Mamdani wins? Good news for the nation as my personal life is shit.

    Genuinely uplifting in a way. Thank you to all the NYC voters making a difference. And a big thank you to anyone to visits Chaney's grave to piss on it.

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    [–] 78 points 9 months ago (16 children)

    My country's (very politically aligned) public news station described Mamdani as "communist" and "anti-Semitic".

    I am always a bit disgusted by Italian public service news station, this one was particularly telling at how biased it can be.

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  • [–] 45 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    TG2, right? The other day they were saying that there was no genocide at all in Gaza, just "extremely targeted attacks against terrorists"

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    [–] 73 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    The Empire will strike back folks. Brace yourselves and don't self-congratulate too much, the real fight starts now. Good luck, American friends!

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    [–] 73 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    “Trump signs executive order that Cuomo actually won and that Dick Cheney is still alive.”

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    [–] 70 points 9 months ago

    Happy to see the Cuomo campaign fail and waste all that $$$ in the process. Fuck him

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  • [–] 69 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of elitists suddenly cried out in terror and suddenly clutched their pearls.

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    [–] 64 points 9 months ago (24 children)

    The first thing my conservative acquaintance wrote was "I hope you re ready for another 9-11" because now its coming" They are really scared eh

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    [–] 61 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    The reactions from the right are gonna be hilarious.

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    [–] 58 points 9 months ago

    Fuck yes! That’s really good news and that it well needed right now!

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  • [–] 58 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Congratulations to Americans and new yorkers in particular! Hoping real change for quality of life succeeds

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    [–] 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    It is crazy what giving people to vote for something, instead just voting against someone can produce some great results. Mamdani had to take on a class on billionaires and the old DNC leadership he who didn't want to back him. It is funny af to see Chuck the leader of Dems show vote blue no matter who was fake. He most likely voted for Cuomo.

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    [–] 49 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Welp time to see Trump flail his arms and cry like the man child he is

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    [–] 43 points 9 months ago

    Love to see that Silwa did in fact split the conservative vote, but Mamdani would've won anyway.

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  • [–] 41 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    not only winning, but also currently on pace for a majority of votes cast in (essentially) a 3-way race.

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    [–] 40 points 9 months ago (24 children)

    My mother, the only family that I have left that I will talk to sent me a text asking if any other cities will have a "radical Islamist" mayor. I ignored it because I could not find the words to explain that what she described isn't a thing without destroying the one connection to my family I have left.

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    [–] 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I will forever respect Sliwa for sticking it out. He’s a real one. Maybe Mamdani can make him the head of the parade department.

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    [–] 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm super curious about voter turnout.

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    So happy to see a clean sweep on EVERY major election across the country for dems and freedom. We cannot take the foot of the gas, the white house is currently working HARD to find ways to take away Mamdani's win and hurt New Yorkers because they voted against the king.

    We need to maintain the pressure.

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is nice. I was really worried there would be some last minute funny business with Cuomo, but things worked out for once!

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