Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

  • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Not saying you’re off base, but take a look at New Hampshire. We love to split. We currently have a Republican governor, entirely Dem congressional delegation, and did NOT go for Trump last November.

    I’m a social anarchist and I’m loath to admit it, but I voted for our R governor in 2020 during COVID because he was doing a good job managing the crisis. Guy was a total cheeseball otherwise, but he was holding daily press conferences and pushing reasonable policy that kept case counts low during the worst of it.

    It’s my first time and hopefully only time voting R. I just didn’t think we needed to change things up during such a crisis when it was being managed well, and we’ve had totally ineffective D governors in the past who could have really screwed things up. It also helps that our gubernatorial terms are only 2 years rather than 4 and, yeah, I was pretty sick of him by the end of the 2 years.

    The 2 party split has always been a bit different in New England, especially VT, NH and ME. Our Republicans have tended to be somewhat reasonable people you disagree with, but could still hang out with and they could be trusted to get things done in their own way. (It’s probably due to our education actually being somewhat high-quality lol). National identities are starting to creep their way in as the old guard dies out, however.

    So there, now you have met a split ticket voter.