{"id":2454302,"date":"2025-07-01T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdanis-nyc-democratic-mayoral-primary-win-becomes-official\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:26:56","slug":"mamdanis-nyc-democratic-mayoral-primary-win-becomes-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdanis-nyc-democratic-mayoral-primary-win-becomes-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani\u2019s NYC Democratic mayoral primary win becomes official"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdanis-nyc-democratic-mayoral-primary-win-becomes-official%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2454302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Zohran Mamdani has officially secured the Democratic nomination for the mayor of New York City, overcoming former Governor Andrew Cuomo by a margin of 12 percentage points. Although Mamdani led in the initial round with 43% of the votes, he did not meet the required 50% threshold under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-governor-of-virginia\/\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of Virginia\">ranked-choice voting system<\/a>, which necessitated multiple rounds of counting. Cuomo conceded the race on June 24. Mamdani, identified as a democratic socialist, has proposed controversial policies including <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government-run grocery stores<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-teachers-threaten-school-shutdown-if-their-district-declines-to-provide-subsidized-housing\/\" title=\"Portland teachers threaten school shutdown over lack of subsidized housing.\">expanded rent control<\/a>. He will face current Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an self-reliant, in the general election. Additionally, Curtis Sliwa is the Republican nominee, and cuomo is expected to run as an independent as well. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-night-tracker-biden-and-trump-swing-to-victory-in-georgia-mississippi-and-washington\/\" title=\"Biden and Trump win Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington on election night\">primary results reflect<\/a> a meaningful leftward shift in New York&#8217;s Democratic base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mamdani&rsquo;s NYC Democratic mayoral primary win becomes official<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2163352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>State Assemblyman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> officially won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic<\/a> nomination for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> New York City<\/a> mayor on Tuesday, beating former Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> by 12 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s victory was projected on June 24, after Cuomo called him to concede the race. Mamdani led the first round with 43% of the vote, but that fell short of the 50% threshold required for an outright win in the city&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ranked-choice-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-passes-omnibus-election-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill\">ranked choice voting<\/a><\/a> process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3459244\/rudy-giuliani-zohran-mamdani-enemy-of-america\/\">Rudy Giuliani blasts Zohran Mamdani as &#8216;enemy of America&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3459358\/hochul-leads-new-york-gubernatorial-race-majority-wants-someone-else\/\">Hochul leads early field in New York gubernatorial race despite majority wanting &#8216;someone else&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3459386\/brinker-harding-don-bacon-house-seat-bid-swing-district-nebraska\/\">Omaha Republican launches bid for Bacon&rsquo;s swing district seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>New York City uses ranked choice voting, which unfolds in multiple rounds. Voters rank candidates in order of preference. If no one secures more than 50% in the first round, as was the case in this primary, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed based on voters&rsquo; next choices. This process continues until a candidate crosses the majority threshold.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/3458102\/dangerous-appeal-of-zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"THE DANGEROUS APPEAL OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI\">OPINION: THE DANGEROUS APPEAL OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year&rsquo;s primary has served as a signal for the direction of New York&rsquo;s Democratic base, with Mamdani positioned much further to the left than Cuomo. A self-described &ldquo;democratic socialist,&rdquo; Mamdani has been criticized as a radical leftist for proposals such as government-run grocery stores, expanded rent control, and efforts to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In the general election, Mamdani will face incumbent Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Adams<\/a>, who is running as an independent. Activist and talk show host Curtis Sliwa is the Republican nominee, and Cuomo appears to be staying in the race as an independent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2163352\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2163352\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamdani secures NYC Democratic mayoral nomination, defeating Cuomo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3821,"featured_media":2454303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mamdani-pride.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4009,32321,56552,57491,7332],"class_list":["post-2454302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic","tag-election-results","tag-mamdani","tag-mayoral-primary","tag-nyc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mamdani-pride.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454306,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454302\/revisions\/2454306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}