Dem socialist Mamdani becomes next NYC mayor

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00:00New York City has its first Muslim and first socialist mayor.

00:0534-year-old Zoram Mamdani defeated both former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

00:09and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

00:12Two million New Yorkers cast their vote,

00:14the largest turnout for a mayoral race since 1969.

00:19Despite concerns by some that Mamdani's anti-policing

00:22and tax the rich platform would drive businesses from America's largest city,

00:27he's officially taking a victory lap.

00:29But now comes the hard part, actually governing.

00:33Will New Yorkers get free buses and subsidized groceries paid for

00:36with huge tax increases on the rich?

00:39We shall see.

00:39Across the Hudson River to another closely watched race.

00:42In New Jersey, Democrat Mikey Sherrill beat her Republican rival Jack Cittarelli,

00:46even with polls tightening to a razor-sharp margin as Election Day approached.

00:51She made her campaign a vote against President Trump,

00:54which resonated with enough voters to make her the first female Democrat

00:57to lead the Garden State.

00:58And in another statewide race with national interest,

01:01Democrat Abigail Spanberger bested Republican Winsome Earl Sears

01:04to win the governor's seat in Virginia.

01:06She's the first woman governor of the Commonwealth.

01:09Also in the Old Dominion, the much-talked-about attorney general's race

01:13was won by Democrat Jay Jones.

01:16You remember this guy.

01:17He was elected despite a series of controversial texts

01:21where he fantasized about violence toward his Republican rivals back in 2022.

01:26You know, he's the only one of the most-talked-about ones.

01:31You know, one of the most-talked-about attorneys in Virginia,

01:35who he was a maker of the vote against the governor's seat in Florida.

01:37You can see, you can see, you can see, you can see, you know,

01:47you could do the other things you could do.