Zohran Mamdani wins the NYC mayor's race, ABC News projects

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NEW YORK -- Zohran Mamdani has been elected politician of New York City, ABC News projects.

In a triumph for the Democratic party's progressive wing, Mamdani defeated erstwhile Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani indispensable present navigate the unending demands of America's biggest metropolis and present connected ambitious - skeptics accidental unrealistic - run promises.

With the victory, the antiauthoritarian socialist volition etch his spot successful past arsenic the city's archetypal Muslim mayor, the archetypal of South Asian practice and the archetypal calved successful Africa. He volition besides go the city's youngest politician successful much than a period erstwhile helium takes bureau connected Jan. 1.

Mamdani's improbable emergence gives credence to Democrats who person urged the enactment to clasp much progressive, left-wing candidates alternatively of rallying down centrists successful hopes of winning backmost plaything voters who person abandoned the party.

He has already faced scrutiny from nationalist Republicans, including President Donald Trump, who person eagerly formed him arsenic a menace and the look of what they accidental is simply a much extremist Democratic Party.

The contention drove the biggest turnout successful a mayoral contention successful much than 50 years, with much than 2 cardinal New Yorkers casting ballots, according to the city's Board of Elections.

Mamdani's grassroots run centered connected affordability, and his charisma spoiled Cuomo's attempted governmental comeback. The erstwhile governor, who resigned 4 years agone pursuing allegations of intersexual harassment that helium continues to deny, was dogged by his past passim the contention and was criticized for moving a antagonistic campaign.

There's besides the question of however helium volition woody with Trump, who threatened to instrumentality implicit the metropolis and to apprehension and deport Mamdani if helium won. Mamdani was calved successful Uganda, wherever helium spent his aboriginal childhood, but was raised successful New York City and became a U.S. national successful 2018.