{"id":2495582,"date":"2025-10-07T09:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-warns-andrew-cuomo-is-running-out-of-runway-to-beat-zohran-mamdani\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:49:55","slug":"joe-concha-warns-andrew-cuomo-is-running-out-of-runway-to-beat-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-warns-andrew-cuomo-is-running-out-of-runway-to-beat-zohran-mamdani\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Concha warns Andrew Cuomo is \u2018running out of runway\u2019 to beat Zohran Mamdani"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjoe-concha-warns-andrew-cuomo-is-running-out-of-runway-to-beat-zohran-mamdani%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=2495582&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>The article discusses Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha&#8217;s comments on the New York City mayoral race, where former Governor Andrew Cuomo is substantially trailing behind progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani. Concha criticizes Cuomo for his unpopular tenure as governor, noting that Cuomo is currently 15 to 20 points behind Mamdani and is &#8220;running out of runway&#8221; to catch up. With current Mayor Eric adams having ended his reelection campaign, polls show Mamdani leading with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-kamala-harriss-middling-israel-support-be-a-high-water-mark-for-democratic-presidential-nominees-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Will Kamala Harris\u2019s middling Israel ... be a high...water mark for Democratic presidential nominees? ... Washington Examiner\">strong voter support<\/a>, while Cuomo lags behind.<\/p>\n<p>Concha suggests that if Mamdani-a self-described democratic socialist with no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prior real job experience-wins<\/a>, it would be a political gift to former President Donald Trump, who could use mamdani&#8217;s victory to frame Democrats as far-left socialists or communists. Cuomo himself warned that Trump would exploit Mamdani&#8217;s win as evidence of a leftward shift in the Democratic party. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> the growing divide in New York politics and the challenges Cuomo faces attempting a political comeback in a rapidly changing electoral landscape. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Joe Concha warns Andrew Cuomo is &lsquo;running out of runway&rsquo; to beat Zohran Mamdani<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2366518\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Senior Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3485516\/aoc-zohran-mamdani-jasmine-crockett-future-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Concha<\/a> predicted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3837267\/cuomo-says-hed-welcome-adams-endorsement-but-not-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a> is &ldquo;trailing&rdquo; behind his opponent for New York City mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3839269\/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-victory-a-gift-for-trump-take-over-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, because of his reputation as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3833653\/cuomo-apologizes-jewish-community-covid-19-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">horrible governor of New York<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t wish anything with Cuomo. I think he was a horrible governor of New York, obviously New Yorkers feel that way as well because he&rsquo;s trailing by anywhere 15 to 20 points behind Mamdani even without Eric Adams in the race. We are running out of runway here,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox and Friends First <\/em>Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3840223\/white-house-debates-pulling-back-pay-furloughed-workers-pressure-democrats\/\">White House debates pulling back pay from furloughed workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3839538\/chinese-corporations-fight-efforts-protect-american-gps-infrastructure-cyberattacks\/\">Chinese corporations fight efforts to protect American GPS infrastructure from cyberattacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3840174\/marjorie-taylor-greene-joins-republicans-extending-obamacare-subsidies\/\">MTG joins handful of Republicans in favor of extending Obamacare subsidies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;You could be looking at the next mayor of New York: a 33-year-old who has never held a real job in his life running the most complex financial capital of the world, go figure,&rdquo; Concha added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3167142&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8181295adc4f7be416e4c22ee0f92d88\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection campaign over a week ago, nearly three weeks after a <em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena University<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3798465\/zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-poll-nyc-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> poll<\/a> found Adams had just 9% of likely voters&rsquo; support. Meanwhile, Mamdani received 46% support from likely voters, and Cuomo trailed with 24%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/47-of-voters-dont-want-to-see-biden-run-in-2024-58-oppose-trump-run-poll\/\" title=\"47% Of Voters Don\u2019t Want To See Biden Run In 2024, 58% Oppose ... Run: Poll\">poll reported<\/a> that in a hypothetical head-to-head between Cuomo and Mamdani, Cuomo&rsquo;s numbers would jump up to 44% and Mamdani&rsquo;s would rise to 48%, closing Mamdani&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/09\/09\/polls\/nyc-mayor-poll-likely-voters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lead to only four points<\/a>. However, Republican candidate Curtis Silwa remains in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Concha agreed with Cuomo&rsquo;s prediction that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3839269\/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-victory-a-gift-for-trump-take-over-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">if Mamdani wins the mayor&rsquo;s office, it would be &ldquo;a gift&rdquo;<\/a> to President Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3485516\/aoc-zohran-mamdani-jasmine-crockett-future-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AOC, CROCKETT, AND MAMDANI: THE SCARY FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS IS NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If far left Democrat socialist is what the brand is, that may work in New York or Chicago, Minneapolis or Portland. It does not work in the rest of the country in the states that matter that will decide the midterms,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo warned that Trump &ldquo;will take a picture of Mamdani, run around the country, and say, &lsquo;Here&rsquo;s what happened to the Democrats. They are now Communists,&rsquo;&rdquo; during a segment on <em>The View<\/em> Monday. His appearance on the show came days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3832563\/whoopi-goldberg-advises-zohran-mamdani-ensure-everybody-paying-fair-share-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mamdani appeared on <em>The View<\/em><\/a>  to clarify that he is &ldquo;a Democratic socialist, that means I believe in dignity for all people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/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> <\/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>Joe Concha says Cuomo is losing ground to Mamdani in NYC race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2495583,"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\/09\/image-collage-lb6tvzhbe-1758071104959-e1759090159989.jpg?1759075763&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32284,43813,52093,39987,56601],"class_list":["post-2495582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-election-race","tag-joe-concha","tag-new-york-politics","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-collage-lb6tvzhbe-1758071104959-e1759090159989.jpg?1759075763&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495582","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495586,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495582\/revisions\/2495586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}