Closing summary
We’re now closing this live blog and will bring you all the latest from the election in our new blog here:
Here’s a recap of key moments today so far:
Polls have closed in New York City, where frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former governor Andrew Cuomo who is running as an independent, and Republican outlier Curtis Sliwa all cast their ballots earlier today. More people have voted in this election than in the entire 2021 mayor’s race, according to city election data.
In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, AP projects. All 100 of the seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates are also up for grabs tonight. Democrats currently hold a 51-48 majority in the chamber. Virginians cast more than 1.1m early in-person votes and nearly 330,000 mail-in ballots before election day, according to AP tallies.
Earlier, Mamdani said he “will not be intimidated” by Donald Trump, as the president urged New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo. When asked about Trump’s comments on Truth Social that he plans to limit federal funds to the city if Mamdani wins, the Democratic nominee said he will “will treat his threats as they deserve to be treated, which are the words of a president and not necessarily the law of the land”. Earlier, Trump said that “any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer declined to reveal whom he voted for in the New York City mayoral race. At a news conference with other Democratic leaders at the Capitol in Washington DC, he was asked whether he had cast a ballot for Cuomo or Mamdani. Schumer, who voted early, told reporters: “Look, I voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.”
The outgoing New York City mayor, Eric Adams, cast his vote for Andrew Cuomo at an elementary school in Brooklyn, according to the New York Times. Speaking briefly to reporters outside, Adams said: “My vote is clearly for Governor Cuomo. We can’t go backwards. This city’s not a socialist city. The only message I can give to New Yorkers as I go to the next leg of my journey: I’m leaving you a good city. Don’t mess it up.”
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From the scene in Richmond, the Guardian’s Chris Stein writes that Spanberger has taken the stage, speaking from a podium where stagehands just posted a sign reading “governor-elect Spanberger”.
Spanberger avoided mentioning Donald Trump on the campaign trail, but began her victory speech with what seems to be a nod to how her election will be interpreted in the context of his first 11 months in office.
“Tonight, we sent a message. We sent a message to every corner of the Commonwealth, a message to our neighbors and our fellow Americans across the country,” she said. “We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025, Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our commonwealth over chaos.”
“Chaos” is doing a lot of work there, but it’s worth keeping in mind that the state is home to many Washington DC suburbs - which are full of federal workers whose jobs have been transformed since Trump came to office, if they’ve been able to keep them at all.
All that being said, Spanberger has taken pains to strike a conciliatory tone to the 40% or so of Virginia voters who did not back her.
“Those who were supporting my opponent are disappointed today. And to those Virginians who did not vote for me, I want you to know that my goal and my intent is to serve all Virginians,” she said.
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