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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Zohran Mamdani appears to pull ahead of Andrew Cuomo, according to new poll

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Zohran Mamdani in New York, New York, on 17 June 2025. Photograph: Thalia Juarez/The Guardian

Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has drawn level with Andrew Cuomo in the city’s primary, according to a new poll, as voters brave record-breaking temperatures to cast their ballots.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York assemblyman, may even be leading Cuomo, the 67-year-old former governor and scion of a prominent New York political family, if the poll’s simulation of the system of ranked-choice voting is correct.

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