New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani challenges Donald Trump in victory speech as Democrats win key US election races – live

8.55am GMT

Inside an election watch party hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Fort Greene, under the din of pet-nat wines being cracked open, there was a sense of nervous anticipation. “I’m not sure if this is an accurate recreation of Solomon’s Temple,” said one supporter in a Zohran Mamdani T-shirt. “This is like a who’s who of everyone I’ve slept with,” said another.
The suspense didn’t last long. Just after 9.30pm, someone jumped on the mic to announce that news outlets had called it: a record number of New Yorkers had cast ballots in this electric – and often ugly – race between Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, ultimately choosing the 34-year-old democratic socialist of seemingly boundless energy who had shocked party establishment in the primary by winning on a clear-eyed affordability agenda. The DJ immediately started playing I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas. And, indeed, tonight was a good, good night for those in the room, who erupted in tears, hugs and twerking.
Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of New York and its youngest in over a century – but not its first immigrant mayor, nor its first mayor to champion socialist ideals. New Yorkers celebrated his monumental election at official and unofficial parties spread across the five boroughs.
“I’ve been a DSA member for over 10 years,” said 40-year-old health department worker Will, at the Fort Greene party. “This just shows that our politics are not radical, that New Yorkers actually think what we believe is sensible, and maybe the rest of the country is ready for sensible, commonsense, Democratic socialism.”
As the dancefloor was in full swing (even as the house lights remained dangerously bright), Ellie, a 28-year-old bartender from Bed-Stuy, felt “absolutely ecstatic”. “This is the first time we’ve had hope in so long. I can’t remember a – ”
She cut herself short to scream along to the chorus of Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone.
These are the people who fought for Mamdani when he was polling at 1%, who celebrated his socialist principles when others said they disqualified him. As his speech played, there was a sense not just of political hope but a project come to fruition, the work of a lifetime building to a moment that might change the city – and all soundtracked to the 90s Eurodance anthem Freed from Desire.

Related: ‘Like we won the championship’: New Yorkers celebrate Mamdani’s win with cheers, tears and DSA chants

8.36am GMT

Democrats have racked up election wins across the US, but they would do well not to misread the results, writes the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith. You can read his full analysis here:

Related: Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results

8.17am GMT

In case you’re coming our US elections blog now, here are some graphics recapping the New York mayoral election results:

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Related: Live NYC mayoral election results: Zohran Mamdani defeats Andrew Cuomo

8.01am GMT

Donald Trump’s approach to this government shutdown stands in marked contrast to his first term, when the government was partially closed for 35 days over his demands for funds to build the US-Mexico border wall. At that time, he met publicly and negotiated with congressional leaders, but unable to secure the funds, he relented in 2019. As the Associated Press (AP) reports, this time, it is not just Trump declining to engage in talks. The congressional leaders are at a standoff and House speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home in September after they approved their own funding bill, refusing further negotiations.In the meantime, food aid, childcare funds and countless other government services are being seriously interrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed or expected to come to work without pay.Transportation secretary Sean Duffy predicted there could be chaos in the skies next week if air traffic controllers miss another paycheck, reports the AP. Labor unions put pressure on lawmakers to reopen the government.Senate majority leader John Thune said this has been not only the longest shutdown but also “the most severe shutdown on record.”The Republican leader has urged the Democrats to accept his overtures to vote on the health care issue and keep negotiating a solution once the government reopens, arguing that no one wins politically from the standoff. “Shutdowns are stupid,” Thune said.

7.47am GMT

You can view Zohran Mamdani’s historic triumph in New York City’s mayoral election in pictures via the gallery below:

Related: Zohran Mamdani’s historic triumph in New York City’s mayoral election – in pictures

7.38am GMT

The Associated Press has a brief explainer on the election in the 18th congressional district:
Confusion has lingered over the election in the 18th congressional district, where many residents will vote in a different district next year under a redrawn map demanded by Donald Trump in an effort to increase the number of GOP seats, reports the AP. Republicans currently hold a seven-seat majority in the House, 219-212, with four vacancies, including the Houston seat. Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva won a special election in September in a heavily Democratic district along the Mexico border, but she has not been sworn in yet. A narrower majority gives Republican leaders less room to maneuver.
The current 18th district is solidly Democratic and spirals from northeast Houston through downtown, back up to northwest Houston and east again, until its two ends come close to forming a doughnut. Non-Hispanic whites make up about 23% of its voting-age citizens, though no single group has a majority. The redrawn 18th stretches from suburbs southwest of Houston diagonally through the city and past its northeast limits. A little more than 50% of voting-age citizens are Black, which critics say is not a big enough majority for them to determine who gets elected, reports the AP.

7.30am GMT

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff on Tuesday night in a special election for a US House seat that has been vacant since March and will narrow the GOP’s slim majority once a winner is sworn in, reports the Associated Press (AP). Menefee, who serves as Harris County attorney, and Edwards, a former Houston city council member, received the most votes in a crowded field of 16 candidates. Neither received more than 50% of the vote, sending the race to a runoff that is expected early next year.The winner is to serve out the remaining term of Democratic rep Sylvester Turner, who died two months after taking office representing the deep-blue 18th congressional district.
After Turner’s death, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended not holding a special election until November by arguing that Houston election officials needed time to prepare. Democrats criticized the long wait and accused Abbott of trying to give his party’s House majority more cushion. Menefee said his message for President Donald Trump and his allies is, “We’ve got one more election left, and then you’re going to have to see me”. Menefee said:

For months, as this seat sat vacant, I heard from voters who were ready for someone willing to take on Donald Trump and the far right – not just talk about change, but deliver real results.

“It’s not enough to me just for us to fight back against the attacks waged by our president,” Edwards said, speaking to supporters after polls closed. “We must do that and forge a path for our future.”
Menefee ousted an incumbent in 2020 to become Harris County’s first Black county attorney, representing it in civil cases, and he has joined legal challenges of Trump’s executive orders on immigration. He was endorsed by several prominent Texas Democrats including former congressman Beto O’Rourke and rep Jasmine Crockett.Edwards served four years on the council starting in 2016. She ran for US Senate in 2020 but finished fifth in a 12-person primary. She unsuccessfully challenged US rep Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 primary, and when Lee died that July, local Democrats narrowly nominated Turner over Edwards as Lee’s replacement.

Updated at 7.35am GMT

7.10am GMT

New York has followed London in choosing hope over fear in electing Democrat Zohran Mamdani as the city’s new mayor, according to his London counterpart Sadiq Khan.
Mamdani, 34, defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the city’s first Muslim mayor and the first of South Asian heritage.
Sadiq congratulated Mamdani, who will become New York’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on 1 January, on what he called an “historic campaign”. He wrote on X:

New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won.

In his victory speech, Mamdani said:

New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.
If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.

The city’s Board of Elections said the vote had seen the largest turnout in more than 50 years, with more than two million people casting ballots.

6.56am GMT

Jewish group that endorsed Mamdani say his victory shows New Yorkers want to turn the page on divisive politics
The group Jewish Voice for Peace Action (JVPA) cheered Zohran Mamdani’s win on Tuesday night, saying the mayor-elect’s victory had shown “that mass numbers of Jewish New Yorkers supported his candidacy not in spite of, but because of his support for Palestinian rights”.
Beth Miller, the political director for the JVPA, said in a statement:

Zohran ran and won on an agenda of affordability and dignity for all of NYC’s communities, as well as on a politics of consistency in which values do not stop at the city’s borders and a vision of freedom and dignity for all people that does not stop at the city’s borders.
The old political playbook that tried to exclude Palestinians and erase their humanity is coming to a close. Zohran’s victory is a clear message to the Democratic Party: A progressive agenda that includes Palestinian rights is popular.

Miller said Cuomo and his donors had attempted to use fearmongering and weaponized antisemitism, but said those efforts had “failed”.
“New Yorkers want to turn the page on politics that rely on dividing and attacking our communities,” Miller said. “We want to build a future in which we all thrive together.”
During his victory speech, Mamdani said he would see a city hall that stood “steadfast behind Jewish New Yorkers and does not waiver in the fight against antisemitism”.

6.45am GMT

Top donor against Prop 50 says he is saddened by its passage, but comforted he helped educate Californians
Charles Munger Jr., one of the top donors to the effort against Proposition 50, issued a statement after its passage earlier tonight.
He urged the state to heed the “many promises” made in the measure, including that it be a temporary change before redistricting power reverts back to an independent commission.
Munger, who spent at least $30m to defeat Prop 50, said:

For what looms for the people of California, I am saddened by the passage of Proposition 50. But I am content in this, at least: that our campaign educated the people of California so they could make an informed, if in my view unwise, decision about such a technical but critical issue as redistricting reform, a decision forced to be made over such a very short time.

He added he hopes to be a “resource” to all states as they pursue redistricting reform “that empowers voters to choose their representatives, and not the other way around”.

Updated at 6.47am GMT

6.37am GMT

Crowds cheer Mamdani’s victory outside Brooklyn music venue
Outside the Brooklyn Paramount, where Mamdani’s election watch party was held, there are crowds of people cheering in the street by the entrance.

6.12am GMT
Mamdani triumphs on good night for Democrats

It’s been a busy night! Here’s a debrief of all the key moments to get you up to speed:

Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect of New York City with a decisive victory over former governor Andrew Cuomo. With more than 97% of the votes counted, Mamdani received more votes – at least 1.03 million – than all the other candidates combined, including Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
California passed Proposition 50, the measure that will temporarily redistrict the state in hopes of countering Republican efforts to do the same in Texas. The new maps could help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the US House of Representatives.
It was a good night for Democrats, with Abigail Spanberger winning the Virginia governor’s race and Mikie Sherrill winning the governorship in New Jersey.
President Donald Trump took to his favored platform, Truth Social, to distance himself from the losses. He also urged Republicans to pass voter reform and terminate the filibuster. As Mamdani was speaking, Trump posted a cryptic final missive of the night: “AND SO IT BEGINS!”.
Mamdani directly addressed Trump in his victory speech in Brooklyn, vowing to use his role in city hall to counter his politics of division. The newly minted mayor said: “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up.”

Updated at 7.35am GMT

5.46am GMT

Newsom, in his remarks, acknowledged that California’s retaliatory gerrymander was a significant victory in the fight for control of the House next year – but that it didn’t stop Trump and Republicans from drawing new, favorable maps in other states.
In response, Newsom issued a call to action for blue-state governors to join California in redrawing their congressional boundaries, to offset Republican gains in other states beyond Texas.
“We need the state of Virginia. We need the state of Maryland. We need our friends in New York and Illinois and Colorado,” he said. “We need to see other states, the remarkable leaders that have been doing remarkable things, meet this moment head on as well to recognize what we’re up against in 2026.”
“Let me make this crystal clear, we can de facto end Donald Trump’s presidency as we know it, the minute speaker Jeffries gets sworn in,” he added, referring to the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries. “It is all on the line.”

Updated at 5.48am GMT

5.36am GMT
California governor Gavin Newsom celebrates redistricting measure passing

Speaking in Sacramento, California governor Gavin Newsom applauded his state for approving a new House map, part of a coast-to-coast sweep of victories for Democrats on Tuesday.
“What a night for the Democratic Party,” he said. “We are proud here in California to be part of this narrative this evening.”
He called Democrats a “party that is in its ascendancy, a party that’s on its toes, no longer on its heels, from coast to coast, sea to shining sea.”
The passage of proposition 50 was a major achievement for the term-limited governor, who has made no secret about his presidential ambitions. In his remarks, Newsom denounced Trump’s record, accusing him of “vandalism to this republic and our democracy”.
“Why else is he trying to rig the midterm elections before one single vote is even cast,” the governor said of Trump’s unprecedented effort to persuade Republican states to gerrymander their congressional districts.
“We stood stood firm in response to Donald Trump’s recklessness,” Newsom said, “and tonight, after poking the bear, this bear roared, with unprecedented turnout in a special election with an extraordinary result.”

Updated at 6.08am GMT

5.28am GMT
Data analysis: Sliwa didn't spoil Cuomo's night – Mamdani dominated the vote

With more than 97% of the vote in, Zohran Mamdani’s victory is decisive. He received 1,030,000 votes, more than all the other candidates combined.
People will argue for weeks and maybe years to come about whether Republican Curtis Sliwa dropping out would have helped Andrew Cuomo win. But the votes show that is a moot argument, with all the other candidates - including Sliwa, Cuomo, Adams - and all other write-in candidates, receiving only 1,014,000 votes.

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5.22am GMT
Government shutdown becomes longest in US history

While the election results continue to roll in, the country has marked another milestone: day 36 of the government shutdown, the longest in US history.
The shutdown beat the previous 35-day record set in December 2018 and January 2019 during Donald Trump’s first term, when government funding legislation was held up over his insistence on including money to build a wall along the border with Mexico, Chris Stein reports.
The standoff began on the first day of October, after Democratic senators refused to vote for a government funding bill unless it included an extension of Joe Biden-era tax credits that lower costs for health plans purchased through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. Tens of millions of Americans are expected to be unable to afford insurance once the credits expire at the end of 2025.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives had in September passed the funding bill with only a single Democrat voting in favor, and speaker Mike Johnson has kept the chamber out of session ever since. That has shifted much of the legislative action to the Senate, where John Thune, the majority leader, has held 14 votes on the legislation – all of which failed due to insufficient Democratic support.
The nonpartisan congressional budget office predicts the shutdown will cost the economy as much as $14bn in GDP, depending on how much longer it continues.

Related: US government shutdown enters 36th day to become longest in history

Updated at 5.23am GMT

5.13am GMT

Mamdani did not trade in subtleties in his remarks on Tuesday night. But a fleeting reference to a “Great New Yorker” certainly wouldn’t have gone unnoticed by his opponent – that great New Yorker’s son.
“A great New Yorker once said that, while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose,” Mamdani said, repeating the oft-quoted dictum from the late New York governor Mario Cuomo – a political truism that means the sweeping visions delivered on the campaign trail do not always translate into the unglamorous work of governing.
Mamdani offered his own twist, perhaps an acknowledgement of the many policy battles that lie ahead: “If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme and let us build a shining city for all.”

4.57am GMT
Trump appears to respond to Mamdani speech: 'AND SO IT BEGINS!'

“…AND SO IT BEGINS!” Trump wrote in a cryptic message on TruthSocial.
The timing appears to have coincided with the moment Mamdani directly addressed Trump in his victory night speech. The mayor-elect was unsparring in his denunciation of Trump, who has threatened to pull funds from the city if “communist” Mamdani won. In an 11th-hour bid to keep Mamdani out of city hall, Trump endorsed Cuomo, a former Democratic governor and one-time adversary of the president.
“Hear me, President Trump, when I say this,” Mamdani told the president. “To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”

Updated at 4.59am GMT

4.56am GMT
From the scene: Mamdani's victory speech

Before Mamdani began his victory speech, the crowd at the Brooklyn Paramount was deafening. When he walked on stage, chants of “Zohran, Zohran!” echoed.
At the podium, Mamdani thanked his supporters and volunteers, pledging to fight for all New Yorkers and to make the city more affordable for everyone.
“Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it” he said. “The future is in our hands.”
Hope – one of the central themes of Mamdani’s campaign – filled the room.
The crowd of hundreds erupted in applause and cheers. The room was electric, and filled with energy as people hugged one another, raised fists in the air, and filmed the speech on their phones.
As Mamdani listed out his pledges, including providing universal child care, fast and free buses, freezing rent increases for those in rent stabilised units, and more, the crowd responded with thunderous applause.
Supporters wore campaign merchandise, including yellow baseball caps, T shirts, and beanies. Among them was city comptroller Brad Lander, wearing a campaign T-shirt that reads “Good Fucking Riddance.” Lander cheered and clapped loudly during Mamdani’s speech.”
“Tonight we have spoken in a clear voice, hope is alive” Mamdani said.

Updated at 4.57am GMT

4.51am GMT
Mamdani: 'In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light'

In a defiant speech, Mamdani vowed to change to city hall – and the country.
“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light,” he said.
Acknowledging concerns about his age and experience, Mamdani expressed only confidence: “When we enter city hall in 58 days, expectations will be high. We will meet them.”
“Our greatness will be anything but abstract,” he roared, concluding his remarks in Brooklyn. “It will be felt by every rent-stabilized tenant who wakes up on the first of every month knowing the amount they’re going to pay hasn’t soared since the month before. It will be felt by each grandparent who can afford to stay in the home they have worked for and whose grandchildren live nearby because the cost of childcare didn’t send them to Long Island.
“It will be felt by the single mother who is safe on her commute and whose bus runs fast enough that she doesn’t have to rush school drop off to make it to work on time. And it will be felt when New Yorkers open their newspapers in the morning and read headlines of success, not scandal. Most of all, it will be felt by each New Yorker when the city they love finally loves them back.”

Updated at 4.56am GMT

4.44am GMT

Zohran Mamdani is delivering a tour de force, pulling from the American socialist Eugene Debs and the former governor Mario Cuomo, the father of Andrew Cuomo, who defeated twice to become New York City’s mayor elect. He declared a “new age” and implored Democrats to break from the conventions of the past.
“No longer will we have to open a history book for proof that Democrats can dare to be great,” he said.
Of his own meteoric rise, he said that following conventional political wisdom would have discouraged him from ever running in the first place.
“The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate,” he said. “I am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a Democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.”

Updated at 5.07am GMT

4.39am GMT
Mamdani directly addresses Trump as speech condemns 'oligarchy and authoritarianism'

Mamdani presented his “brave new course” for the nation’s largest city as a map for how to defeat the forces of “oligarchy and authoritarianism” pulsing through the country.
“After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him,” he said, offering a message to the president: “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up.”

Updated at 4.54am GMT

4.36am GMT

Mamdani vowed to make New York a place that welcomes and celebrates its diversity.
“Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall, your struggle is ours too,” he said.
He then added: “We will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism, where the more than 1 million Muslims know that they belong, not just in the five boroughs of this city, but in the halls of power.
“No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election.”

Updated at 4.46am GMT

4.34am GMT

Speaking in Brooklyn, Mamdani declared a “new age” of political change.
“From now, may our only regret be that this day took so long to come,” he said.
He promised a “bold vision” of “what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt”. He swept through his agenda, promising to tackle the cost of living by freezing the rent, making buses “fast and free” and delivering universal childcare across the city.

Updated at 5.18am GMT

4.31am GMT

“We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible,” Mamdani said, “and we won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now, it is something that we do.”

4.29am GMT

Mamdani recounted the many voters who he met along the campaign and throughout his political life: the organizer who can’t afford to live in New York, the woman he met on a city bus who told him “I used to love New York, but now it’s just where I live” and the taxi driver whom he joined in a hunger strike outside city hall.
He dedicated his victory to making the city more affordable for them.
“Thanks to all of those who sacrifice so much, we are breathing in the air of a city that has been reborn,” he said.
He thanked the more than 100,000 people who volunteered for his campaign. “You eroded the cynicism that has come to define our politics,” he said.

Updated at 4.44am GMT

4.23am GMT
Mamdani tells New Yorkers 'the future is in our hands', wishing Cuomo 'the best in private life'

In his victory speech, Mamdani declared: “The future is in our hands.”
“For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands, fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handle bars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” Mamdani said. “And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it.
Mamdani celebrated his victory over Andrew Cuomo, the three-term former governor and son of a governor.
“We have toppled a political dynasty,” Mamdani said. “I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page.”

Updated at 4.44am GMT

4.20am GMT

Zohran Mamdani has taken the stage in Brooklyn. “Thank you my friends,” the historymaking mayor elect began his remarks. “The sun may have set over our city this evening but as Eugene Debs once said, ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’”

Updated at 4.23am GMT

4.19am GMT

Less than an hour after Mamdani was announced the winner, the New York Post, owned by the conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch, unveiled its Wednesday morning cover.
Alongside text that says “On your Marx, get set, Zo!” and “The Red Apple” with the R backwards, there’s an edited image of Mamdani on the body of a communist caricature holding a hammer and sickle.

Updated at 4.21am GMT

4.19am GMT

From coast to coast, this has been an extraordinary night for Democrats. The party, leaderless and adrift since losing again to Trump last year, are starting to see a path out of the political wilderness. In New York, Mamdani’s optimistic campaign energized progressives and expanded the electorate, while Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 may help Democrats pick up five seats and offset Republican gains elsewhere.
Sherrill and Spanberger show a different path forward, a pragmatic model of leadership that can succeed in less liberal parts of the country.
But Democrats also notched less high profile but equally consequential wins in Georgia and Pennsylvania, while initiatives to strengthen gun control and tax the wealthy to pay for food stamps and free school lunches prevailed.
Many challenges still remain, but Democrats for tonight can celebrate their return to power in several key position across the country.

Updated at 4.21am GMT

4.13am GMT

Jubilant supporters of Zohran Mamdani were joined by Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City comptroller Brad Lander.
Here are some images of the celebrations happening in New York City tonight:

4.05am GMT
California voters approve new House maps

California voters approve a new congressional map designed to boost Democrats in 2026, aiming to counter a brazen redistricting effort led by Donald Trump to shore up Republicans’ fragile House majority next year.

Related: Prop 50: Californians pass redistricting measure that helps Democrats flip up to five House seats

Updated at 5.08am GMT

4.05am GMT
From the scene: Cuomo's atypical concession speech

at Andrew Cuomo’s watch party
There were loud cheers as Andrew Cuomo came onto the stage to concede to Zohran Mamdani, followed by a chant of “Cuomo! Cuomo!”
Typically concession speeches involve thanking the winner and graciously bowing out. This was not that.
Cuomo tried to cast his second-place as a success, telling the crowd: “This campaign was to contest the philosophies that are shaping the Democratic party, the future of this city and the future of this country.” He said more than 50% of New Yorkers had not voted for Mamdani’s agenda, and claimed his own campaign, which seen him dabble in Islamophobia, was about “unity”.
Cuomo then trotted out some misinterpretations of Mamdani’s political positions, warning: “We are headed down a dangerous, dangerous road.”
“We will not make the NYPD the enemy,” Cuomo said. “We will not tolerate any behavior that fans the flames of antisemitism,” he added, returning to a familiar theme from his campaign.
After Cuomo spent 10 minutes slagging Mamdani off, it was hardly surprising that there were lusty boos when the former governor finally mentioned his opponent.
But Cuomo appeared surprised, and suddenly became contrite. “No, that is not right,” he said. “We’re better than that.” And with that, Cuomo was gone.

Updated at 4.07am GMT

4.03am GMT
Polls close in California

Polls have closed in California, where voters were deciding on one statewide ballot measure: whether to authorize the state to adopt new Congressional maps that would favor Democrats to help offset an unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to gerrymander seats in Republican-led states.
The ballot initiative is expected to pass, but Democrats will be watching closely for the margin as the weigh support for moving forward with redistricting in other states.

Updated at 4.13am GMT

3.56am GMT

As he speaks, Cuomo is casting himself as the outsider, under-estimated by press and the city itself.
“Feel proud – proud because we accomplish the two important New York characteristics: we got up off the mat after the primary, and we made it a real race when the media had already commenced the coronation,” said the three-term governor who let a sizable lead against Mamdani in the Democratic primary slip away.
When Cuomo mentioned Mamdani by name, his crowd broke out in jeers and boos.
“That is not right and that is not us,” Cuomo said, quieting them. The final stretch of the general election turned ugly, with Mamdani accusing his opponent of trafficking in hate and Islamophobia after the former-governor laughed along with a conservative radio host who said Mamdani would celebrate another September 11-style terrorist attack on New York City.
On Tuesday, Cuomo offered his help.
“Tonight was their night, and as they start to transition to government, we will all help any way we can,” he said.

Updated at 4.15am GMT

3.50am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party
As the screens showed Andrew Cuomo giving his speech, the crowd here began booing. People are booing loudly at the former governor who is on screen.

3.45am GMT
Cuomo gives speech after losing New York mayoral election

Andrew Cuomo has taken the stage in New York City. He begins by thanking his campaign staff, and city’s mayor, Eric Adams, for withdrawing from the race to make it “more competitive.” He also thanks former mayor Mike Bloomberg and the unions who supported his mayoral campaign.
“This campaign was the right fight to wage and I am proud of what we did,” Cuomo said.
He added: “This campaign was to contest the philosophies that are shaping the Democratic party, the future of this city and the future of this country.”

Updated at 4.06am GMT

3.42am GMT

Voters in Maine have approved a ballot measure that would make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns, known as a red flag law.
The voted comes two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, when an army reservist opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston, killing 18 people and wounding several more.
Meanwhile in Colorado, the Associated Press projects that voters there approved a tax increase on wealthy households to pay for free breakfast and lunch for all public school children and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap).

Updated at 3.45am GMT

3.42am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party
The DJ is now playing Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. The crowd is dancing and singing along. It’s truly turning into a party over here.
Former New York mayor Bill de Blasio is here and speaking with supporters at the venue. New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is here speaking with members of the press.
Kathy Culter, a 27-year-old volunteer, said that she feels “amazing” tonight.
“I’ve been volunteering since January. This is 10 months in the making, blood, sweat and tears,” she said. “I’ve been up since 5am this morning, I did the Brooklyn Bridge walk yesterday with Zohran. It’s incredible to see this level of support, and to have been out all day and constantly getting people coming up to me so excited and excited about the future for New York, I think is really amazing.”
The screen just showed a post on social media from the White House that said “Trump is your president”.
The crowd erupted in boos.

Updated at 3.59am GMT

3.36am GMT
Zohran Mamdani passes 1m votes as voter turnout surges in New York

Zohran Mamdani, in the highest turnout election since 1969, has surpassed 1 million votes.
His vote total is currently larger than the votes for Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa combined and he is leading in every borough except Staten Island, where Cuomo has 56 percent of the vote.
Eric Adams, the outgoing mayor, won in 2021 with only 750,000 votes.

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3.29am GMT
Trump distances himself from major Republican losses on election night

It’s 10.30pm in Washington, and Donald Trump is truthing. Evidently piqued by Democrats clean sweep – from Virginia to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Georgia to his beloved New York City – and the analysis that it’s his presidency and handling of the economy that helped fuel their wins, Trump offered some of his own punditry.
“‘TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,’ according to Pollsters,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
He also offered a bit of counter programming, plugging his new CBS interview. “JUST OUT: The 60 Minutes interview of Donald J. Trump, on CBS, Sunday night, was the highest rated 60 Minutes IN YEARS!,” he said.
More on that interview here:

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Updated at 3.34am GMT

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reporting from Ridgewood, Queens
TV Eye, a bar and music venue in Ridgewood, Queens – the heart of the so-called “Commie Corridor”, where young, politically engaged residents showed up en masse for Mamdani in the primary – was packed by 8pm. Matt Street, an actor and bartender who lives in nearby Bushwick, smoked outside while his friends tried to get a drink at the slammed bar. Street, 27, canvassed for Mamdani and said affordability was his biggest concern.
“Everyone knows that’s been a problem for, like, 60 years, but no one has done anything about it,” Street said. “Every one of my friends is in a place where they’re spending over $1,000 for a shitty room.”
Street missed out on voting for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary because he was too young. Nearly a decade later, he said he thought Mamdani’s ascent feels similar to Sanders’s.
“The city feels brighter and people are smiling more. It’s overwhelmingly hopeful in a way that a lot of stuff in our lifetime hasn’t been,” he said.

Updated at 3.31am GMT

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Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, told the New York Times at Mamdani’s victory party that his win was about “the sleeping giant” — which she defined as people who had not previously been involved in politics but came out to vote for a young, exciting candidate.
“Tonight is about an enthusiasm and excitement I have not seen since Barack Obama. Tonight is about a turnout we have not seen since the 1960s. It’s about hope and inspiration but more importantly it’s about expanding the base of voters who care about politics and care about each other,” she told the Times.

3.21am GMT

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, celebrated Mamdani’s historic victory.
With his defeat of Cuomo on Tuesday night, the 34-year-old Democratic socialist, who campaigned openly advocated for Palestinian rights, will be the first Muslim mayor of New York City.
Cair and Cair-NY also said that New York’s election of a Muslim mayor who openly advocated for Palestinian human rights is a “major turning point” for Muslim political engagement and a “historic rebuke” of both anti-Muslim hate and anti-Palestinian politics.
“The election of New York City’s first Muslim mayor represents a historic turning point for American Muslim political engagement. Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s ability to win while openly advocating for Palestinian human rights and experiencing a barrage of anti-Muslim hate also marks a historic rebuke of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism in politics,” the group said in a statement.
It added: “Regardless of whether anyone agrees with Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s stances on various policies issues, all Americans should celebrate our nation for once again showing that America is a place where people of all races, faiths and backgrounds can make history.”

Updated at 3.33am GMT

3.18am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party
As people here wait for Mamdani, the crowd is dancing, cheering and hugging one another. Drinks are flowing and the crowd is in full celebration mode.

3.13am GMT

at Cuomo’s election night party in Manhattan
Anthony T Jones, who voted for Cuomo, was in disbelief, literally, as Mamdani was announced winner.
“I feel wonderful. I think hope is still alive,” he said, as the words “Zohran Mamdani wins race for mayor” rolled across the TV screen. Informed by the Guardian that every major news organization had announced Mamdani as the winner, Jones rallied quickly.
“I’m not disappointed at all. No, because Cuomo ran a great campaign,” he said. Jones added of Cuomo, who is 67: “He’s still a young man.”
This was the first time Jones, 59, had not voted for a Democrat – Cuomo is running as an independent.
“It goes back to experience, right? And from what I understand, Mamdani never had a real job. He’s a great talker, right? He knows how to dance. He’s done that very well. I just don’t think that he’s going to be good for our city.”

Updated at 3.31am GMT

3.11am GMT

at Andrew Cuomo’s watch party
I just spoke to a very angry woman called Felice.
“I feel excited to be moving to Long Beach, because there’s no fucking way I’m staying in the city,” Felice said. “I already have a real estate broker. I already got approval for a loan. I already picked out four places I’m gonna go see on Monday.”
Felice, who was drinking wine, added that the city of New Yorkers had voted for Mamdani because: “There’s a lot of transplants and young people and foreigners who voted, who bought his bullshit.”
Felice is a born and raised New Yorker. She said she is a teacher.

Updated at 3.22am GMT

3.09am GMT

Shortly after the race was called in his favor, Zohran Mamdani – who had an incredibly strong social presence throughout his campaign – posted on X a video of the subway doors opening with the conductor saying over the loud speaker: “The next and last stop is City Hall.”

3.08am GMT
Democrats win key Pennsylvania supreme court seat

In another major win for Democrats, three liberal justices won another 10-year term on the Pennsylvania supreme court. Their victories allow Democrats to maintain their 5-2 advantage on a vital body that could issue important rulings on abortion and voting rights in an important battleground state in the coming years, the Guardian’s Sam Levine reports.
In Pennsylvania, supreme court justices are first elected in partisan elections and then voters get to decide whether to retain them every 10 years in contests that are technically non-partisan. Three justices – Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht – were elected as Democrats in 2015.

Related: Pennsylvania keeps three liberal justices, preserving swing-state court control

Updated at 3.12am GMT

3.06am GMT

at Andrew Cuomo’s watch party
There was dismay at Andrew Cuomo’s watch party after Zohran Mamdani’s victory was announced.
“I feel very disappointed. I’m just staring at the TV hoping that the numbers will change, just in disbelief,” said Tusha Diaz, from the Bronx.
We watched the TV together for a while, and if anything the numbers got worse.
“I don’t want to cry in front of people, but I feel heartbroken,” Diaz said. She voted for Cuomo because he was a “great governor” who did a lot for the Bronx. She isn’t optimistic about Mamdani.
“I feel I don’t know what’s gonna happen to New York City. I mean, I have two grandchildren. I don’t know what they’re gonna expect with this guy, you know, with all these radical ideas that he had. Will they be safe?”

Updated at 3.16am GMT

3.03am GMT

Sherrill has taken the stage at her victory night party.
“They always say we’re loud, but man with this vote, you guys just screamed from the rooftops and people around the country have heard it,” Sherrill said, winking at New Jersey’s reputation for volume.
During her remarks, she said her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, had called her to concede.

Updated at 3.16am GMT

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In Astoria, Queens, there were celebratory shots for everyone at a watch party at the Tootles & French restaurant – where Mamdani had held impromptu listening events during the campaign.
Alex Callegari, 37, a restaurant operator in Astoria, said: “I feel excited for the first time in long time. He’s making decisions that will positively affect us. He represents the diversity in Astoria. I think will always fight what he believes in. I’ve never seen anyone accomplish so much is such little time.”

Updated at 3.16am GMT

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Spanberger and Sherrill – the next governors of Virginia and New Jersey respectively – were both elected to Congress in 2018, part of a historic class of Democratic women compelled to run for office after Hillary Clinton’s loss to Trump two years prior. Trailblazers in their own right, they formed a moderate counterweight to the rising progressive Squad.
Their campaigns for governor followed a similar arc, propelled by a frustration with Trump’s presidency and an angst over the economy. As much as Republicans are eager to point to Mamdani’s victory as mark of where the party stands ideologically, many Democrats, and especially prospective 2028 contenders, will study their campaigns.

Updated at 3.16am GMT

2.56am GMT
Republican mayoral candidate Sliwa concedes to Mamdani in fiery speech

Republican candidate and founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa conceded the race on Tuesday night with an impassioned speech.
“We’re not only organizing, but we are mobilizing, and we will become the mayor-elect and his supporters’ worst enemies,” said Sliwa, who added to a crowd of supporters that “some of the most powerful people in the world” mobilized against his candidacy.
Donald Trump, most notably, urged Sliwa voters to support Cuomo earlier this week.

Updated at 3.00am GMT

2.53am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party in Brooklyn
Mamdani supporter Soaptarshi Paul said that he feels “ecstatic” after the results were announced just after 9.30pm ET. He said he has been volunteering for the campaign, and feels “reassured” by the results.
“On this day, I feel reassured and really, really, I feel a real sense of community and a real sense of reward for all the hard work” he said.

Updated at 3.16am GMT

2.50am GMT

Republicans are already seizing on Mamdani’s win in New York to cast the Democratic party too extreme for Americans.
“Democrats in New York City have chosen a true extremist and Marxist, and the consequences will be felt across our entire nation,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on Tuesday night. “Zohran Mamdani’s election cements the Democrat party’s transformation to a radical, big-government socialist party.”
But Tuesday’s election results don’t fall neatly along ideological lines. Sherrill and Spanberger also ran campaigns centered on affordability and lowering costs, but presented themselves as far more moderate in their states where Republicans have made inroads.
In a statement, DNC chair Ken Martin praised Mamdani’s campaign for being “laser-focused on what matters most to working families in New York: lowering costs, expanding access to affordable childcare, and making it easier for families to make ends meet”.
He added: “Mayor-elect Mamdani’s campaign illustrated the power of a big-tent party that focuses relentlessly on lifting up all working people.”

Updated at 3.16am GMT

2.45am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party in Brooklyn
The crowd at Brooklyn Paramount erupted as news broke in screens within the venue that Mamdani had won.
People are cheering and hugging each other at the news. Just moments before the announcement came, Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller, told the Guardian that he was feeling confident. He cheered as the results came on the stage.
Jumaane Williams, the New York City public advocate, actor Cynthia Nixon, and other notable faces began to mill about the room.

Updated at 3.15am GMT

2.38am GMT
Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race

Zohran Mamdani will be the 111th mayor of New York City, after defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at 34, its youngest in more than a century.
His victory marks a stunning rise for from little-known state lawmaker to leader of the nation’s biggest city. Mamdani has held a steady lead in the race since he pulled of a shock upset over Cuomo, the former three-term governor, in June’s Democratic primary.
Current mayor Eric Adams, who had campaigned for a second term as an independent, dropped out of the race in September.

Updated at 3.13am GMT

2.35am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party in Brooklyn
Supporter Ira Pollock is at the Mamdani event. He told the Guardian that he has canvassed for Mamdani’s campaign, and said that he is “feeling really good”.
“This is a big event,” he said. “The whole thing is bigger than I expected. I’m a member of [the] DSA. And so when the question was should we run a mayoral campaign with Zoran, it was: I did not expect it to become so big.”
In the background, the DJ is playing Black Eyed Peas in the main room.

Updated at 3.15am GMT

2.35am GMT

In a short post on X, Sherrill thanked voters for making her the next governor of New Jersey.

New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor. I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve. pic.twitter.com/gipM0fWnqF— Mikie Sherrill (@MikieSherrill) November 5, 2025

2.32am GMT

at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party in Brooklyn
Hundreds of supporters are at Zohran Mamdani’s watch party at the Brooklyn Paramount. Many are wearing Mamdani campaign merchandise, and the DJ is playing dance music for the crowd. Drinks are flowing and the mood is definitely jubilant and hopeful.
One supporter, Ibrahim Ahmed, 45, who has volunteered for the campaign, said that he was motivated to volunteer for Mamdani’s campaign because he believes that Mamdani “speaks the language that New York wants to hear right now”.
“I’m feeling positive tonight,” Ahmed, who has lived in New York City for 30 years, said.
Another attender, Shruti Ganguly, said that she has known Mamdani since he was 12. “It’s electric. We feel hopeful,” she said.
Another Mamdani supporter, James Davis, whose labor union supported Mamdani, told the Guardian that he feels “hopeful” and “confident” tonight.
“We’ve been out on the streets, we’ve been knocking on doors, talking to our neighbors,” he said.

Updated at 3.15am GMT

2.27am GMT
Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race

Democratic representative Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey governor’s race, according to the Associated Press.
Sherrill’s victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a businessman and former state lawmaker ensures the state’s highest office will remain in Democratic hands after Trump helped his party make significant inroads in the state.

Updated at 3.12am GMT

2.26am GMT

The energy for Mikie Sherrill is high after Abigail Spanberger was declared the victor in the Virginia governor’s race.
“It won’t be long now,” Senator Cory Booker joyfully proclaimed to the crowd in the East Brunswick Hilton ballroom as results poured in. “New Jersey has come together and tonight the whole nation will hear us roar.”
Mikie Sherrill’s campaign vice-chair Patricia Campos-Medina declared that “We are the firewall against Donald Trump,” praising the New Jersey’s diverse immigrant communities that turned out for the Democratic Party.
Attacks against New Jersey by the Trump administration are top of mind for speakers – on Snap, on healthcare, and on the Gateway Tunnel project. Upon display of CNN’s coverage of the first results for the mayoral election in New York City, the crowd did not cheer.

Updated at 2.29am GMT

2.18am GMT

Virginians are making history tonight.
NBC News projects that Ghazala Hashmi has prevailed in the state’s lieutenant governor’s race, becoming the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office in the US.
Hashmi, a Democrat, flipped the seat currently held by Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who lost her bid for the governorship to Abigail Spanberger.
Spanberger is the first woman to be elected governor in Virginia.
Read more about Hashmi here.

Updated at 2.32am GMT

2.12am GMT
Polls close in New York City

Polls have officially closed in the high-stakes and closely-watched race to be the next mayor of New York.
Turnout was high. The New York City board of elections is reporting that New Yorkers have cast more than 2m ballots for the first time in more than a half-century.

📢We officially hit TWO MILLION votes - first time since 1969! 🗳️🗳️Polls are open until 9pm. If you are on line by 9pm, you will be allowed to vote pic.twitter.com/oHcSBl9RgH— NYC Board of Elections (@BOENYC) November 5, 2025

Updated at 2.30am GMT

2.07am GMT

reporting from Zohran Mamdani’s election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount:
Mamdani supporters were set to start arriving at the venue from 9pm ET. Right now, there are hundreds of members of the press gathered at the Brooklyn Paramount theatre in Brooklyn.
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has arrived and is speaking with members of the press.

Updated at 3.14am GMT

2.06am GMT

Saam Niami reporting from Little Bangladesh in Queens:
In Jackson Heights, one of New York’s most diverse neighborhoods, locals bought from vendors and headed home from the polls on Tuesday evening.
Erbab Hussein, 58, a retiree from Astoria, said of Mamdani: “I don’t know what’s in his mind – I know he likes biryani. But when you put him up against Cuomo and Sliwa, I think Mamdani is the best. This is a city of change and I think his ideas are a little better off for a city that needs change.”
Hussein also referenced the sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo, which Cuomo has denied. “I think he’s learned his lesson: you can’t compromise on family values here in New York,” Hussein said. “And Trump is trying to say [Mamdani] is a communist – come on! He’s a socialist, not a communist.”
His friend Zubair, a 58-year-old fire safety director from Queens, chimed in: “He’s a very positive person. I think he’ll be our next mayor and I hope he has a very positive impact on the city.”

Updated at 3.14am GMT

2.03am GMT

at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown Manhattan
There’s a couple of hundred Cuomo supporters at his watch party now. I just saw a man down a bottle of Stella Artois. No sign of Cuomo yet. Among the attenders is Suzanne Miller, a realtor who volunteered for the Cuomo campaign. She said she is “50-50” about his chances of winning. Miller said she was nervous because of Zohran Mamdani’s energetic closing few days of the campaign.
“There’s not a lot of substance, but there’s a lot of energy,” Miller said of the frontrunner. By contrast, Cuomo appealed because of “his passion, and his experience about running government, and how he’s going to really care and make New York great again”.
Miller, who told me several times that she has a podcast, said Cuomo “understands politics”.
“He understands how the left and right works, and he’s really the only Democrat running. He’s a true Democrat. He knows how it works. He’s a true politician, and he understands both sides, and that’s why he’s running on an independent line, where he’s going to hopefully get the support from both sides,” Miller said.
Cuomo is running on an independent line because he lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani in June.

Updated at 2.05am GMT

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at Abigail Spanberger’s victory party in Richmond, Virginia
Abigail 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.

Updated at 3.13am GMT

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The cheers were particularly loud at Abigail Spanberger’s watch party when MSNBC noted that she was outperforming Kamala Harris in Virginia’s Loudoun county.
A year ago, Harris’s underperformance in the Democratic-trending county on Washington DC’s far outskirts was the first sign that she was not going to be the next president. But for Spanberger’s campaign for governor, it’s clearly a different story.

Updated at 3.14am GMT

1.48am GMT

In New York, Yemeni cafes and beer gardens across Astoria, a neighborhood in Queens, are at capacity as New Yorkers await the results of Tuesday’s mayoral election.
Long lines formed outside Ayat, a Palestinian bistro that just opened a location in Astoria, that was holding a free community dinner in honor of Mamdani.

Updated at 3.29am GMT

1.48am GMT
Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor race

The Associated Press projects Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears.
It’s a lightning-fast call in the closely watched race as polls closed just over an hour ago.
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.

Updated at 1.59am GMT

1.43am GMT

Voters in several US states cast ballots for redistricting in California, the mayor of New York and other elected offices. Take a look at US election day in pictures:

Related: The US goes to the polls for a potential check on Trump’s power – in pictures

1.39am GMT
US elections: voters went to the polls in NYC, New Jersey, Virginia and California and more

Voters in several states went to the polls on Tuesday for elections that will provide a crucial window into nationwide support for Donald Trump’s Republican allies, and potentially signal new momentum for the beleaguered Democratic party.
Outside New York City, voters in deep-blue California could tear up their congressional maps in favor of a Democratic gerrymander meant to counter gains the GOP is expected to make elsewhere. And Virginia and New Jersey held high-stakes gubernatorial and legislative elections that may serve as a proxy for voters’ views on the president.
Here’s a look at all the elections of the day:

Related: What to expect as voters test Trump’s sway and party power from New York to California

1.37am GMT

Here are clips of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo casting their votes in New York City’s mayoral election.
New York City’s voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country as they choose the next mayor to run the nation’s largest city.

1.37am GMT
When will results be announced?

Polls in New York City close at 9pm ET. The first results will come in shortly after and will continue to come in throughout the night. In 2021, most of the votes were counted before midnight, and the Associated Press declared Eric Adams the winner around midnight.
Ever since his victory in the Democratic primary, Zohran Mamdani has been the clear favorite to win. Polls aggregated by the New York Times have Mamdani anywhere from five to 25 points ahead of his opponents, Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, and Andrew Cuomo, who entered the race as an independent after losing in the Democratic primary.
We will cover all the latest results and reactions from New York City and elections across the country here – and you can follow NYC results as they come in in our live results tracker:

Related: Live NYC mayoral election results: Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off

1.37am GMT

Welcome to our live coverage of election day evening across the US. Polls will soon close in the closely watched New York mayoral race, where Zohran Mamdani, the self-described democratic socialist, faces off against former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
If you’re just joining us now, here’s a recap of key moments today so far:

In New York City, 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. Polls close at 9pm ET, but more people have already voted in this election than in the entire 2021 mayor’s race, according to city election data. The first results will come in shortly after the polls close, and will continue to come in throughout the night. We’ll bring you the latest from our reporters on the ground.
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.”