New York City could elect youngest mayor in 100 years as Americans cast ‘off-year’ ballotspublished at 15:57 GMT
15:57 GMT
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from New York
Image source, Reuters
It’s election day in New York City and in state and local elections around the United States, though only some Americans are casting ballots today.
Polls have been open since early this morning in New York, and votes are also rolling in in governors contests in New Jersey and Virginia.
In New York, three candidates are vying for the chance to lead the US’s largest city: Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
The race has captured national attention, with cost of living in the spotlight and President Donald Trump weighing in against front-runner Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist.
In Virginia and New Jersey, voters will elect new governors, and the outcome of these contests could be bellwethers for next year’s congressional midterm elections.
Californians also will decide whether to redraw their US House district maps in a rare mid-decade redistricting, as Democrats try to counter Republicans’ efforts to give their party an advantage in next year’s midterm elections.
We will bring you all the action from the streets of New York and across the country, and we’ll have the results right here when the ballots are tallied, so stick with us.