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Trump looms large over key Election Day 2025 contests despite not being on ballot
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Nearly ten months into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, voters in contests from coast-to-coast head to the polls on Tuesday in statewide and local elections.
And the key showdowns, including gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, are viewed, in part, as the first major ballot box test of Trump’s unprecedented and explosive second-term agenda.
«FAILING TO VOTE TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT,» the president charged in a social media post on Election Eve as he urged Republicans to head to the polls.
Grabbing top billing are New Jersey and Virginia, the only two states to hold contests for governor in the year after a presidential election. Their gubernatorial races typically receive outsized national attention and are seen as a key barometer ahead of next year’s midterms when the GOP will be defending its slim House and Senate majorities.
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President Donald Trump, seen speaking at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on May 11, 2024, during the last presidential campaign, headlined tele-rallies in the Garden State and in Virginia on the eve of those states’ gubernatorial elections. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Also in the political spotlight on Election Day 2025 is New York City’s high-profile mayoral showdown, where 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is on the verge of making history, the blockbuster ballot box proposition over congressional redistricting in California, the nation’s most populous state and three state Supreme Court contests in battleground Pennsylvania.
Here’s what’s at stake.
New Jersey
Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who’s making his third straight run for Garden State governor and who nearly upset Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, is optimistic he can pull off a victory in blue-leaning New Jersey.
In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, Ciattarelli appeared to be closing the gap in recent weeks with Democratic rival Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
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While Democrats have long dominated federal and state legislative elections in New Jersey, Republicans are very competitive in gubernatorial contests, winning five out of the past 10 elections.
And Trump made major gains in New Jersey in last year’s presidential election, losing the state by only six percentage points, a major improvement over his 16-point deficit four years earlier.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli speaks to supporters at a tavern in Totowa, New Jersey, on Election Day eve, on Nov. 3, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The president, whose poll numbers are underwater among New Jersey voters, headlined two tele-rallies for Ciattarelli in the final stretch of the campaign in hopes of energizing MAGA supporters, many of whom are low propensity voters who often skip casting ballots in non-presidential election years.
«We appreciate what the president is doing to get the base excited, and remind them that they got to vote, as do all New Jerseyans. The future of our state hangs in the balance. Get out and vote,» Ciattarelli told Fox News Digital on Monday after a campaign stop in this northern New Jersey borough.
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But in a state where Trump’s poll numbers are underwater, Sherrill has regularly linked Ciattarelli to the president, charging that her GOP rival «has really gone in lockstep with the president, giving him an A.»
The race in New Jersey was rocked earlier this autumn by a report that the National Personnel Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, mistakenly released Sherrill’s improperly redacted military personnel files, which included private information like her Social Security number, to a Ciattarelli ally.
Former President Barack Obama during a campaign event for Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee for New Jersey, in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
But Sherrill’s military records indicated that the United States Naval Academy blocked her from taking part in her 1994 graduation amid a cheating scandal.
Sherrill, who was never accused of cheating in the scandal, went on to serve nearly a decade in the Navy.
The showdown was jolted again during last month’s final debate after Sherrill’s allegations that Ciattarelli was «complicit» with pharmaceutical companies in the opioid deaths of tens of thousands of New Jerseyans, as she pointed to the medical publishing company he owned that pushed content promoting the use of opioids as a low-risk treatment for chronic pain.
Virginia
Explosive revelations in Virginia’s attorney general race that the GOP aimed to leverage up and down the ballot recently shook up the state’s race for governor, forcing Democratic Party nominee, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, back on defense in a campaign where she was seen as the frontrunner against Republican rival Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
The two major party gubernatorial nominees in Virginia: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Democrat former Rep. Abigail Spanberger. (Getty Images)
Virginia attorney general Democratic nominee Jay Jones was in crisis mode after controversial texts were first reported earlier this fall by the National Review.
Jones acknowledged and apologized for texts he sent in 2022, when he compared then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass murderers Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot, adding that if he was given two bullets, he would use both against the GOP lawmaker to shoot him in the head.
But he faced a chorus of calls from Republicans to drop out of the race.
Earle-Sears didn’t waste an opportunity to link Spanberger to Jones. And during last month’s chaotic and only gubernatorial debate, where Earle-Sears repeatedly interrupted Spanberger, the GOP gubernatorial nominee called on her Democratic rival to tell Jones to end his attorney general bid.
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«The comments that Jay Jones made are absolutely abhorrent,» Spanberger said at the debate. But she neither affirmed nor pulled back her support of Jones.
The winner will succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
New York City
The mayoral election in the nation’s most populous city always grabs outsized attention, especially this year as New York City may elect its first Muslim and first millennial mayor.
Mamdani’s victory in June’s Democratic Party mayoral primary in the deep blue city sent political shock waves across the country. And he’s come under attack from Republicans and from his rivals on the ballot over his far-left proposals.
From left, independent mayoral candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis/Pool-AP Photo)
Mamdani is facing off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came in a distant second in the primary and is now running as an independent candidate. Cuomo is aiming for a political comeback after resigning as governor four years ago amid multiple scandals.
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Also running is two-time Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, a co-founder of the Guardian Angels, the non-profit, volunteer-based community safety group.
Embattled Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who was running for re-election as an independent, dropped out of the race last month. He recently backed Cuomo, but his name remains on the ballot.
California
Voters in heavily blue California will vote in November on whether to set aside their popular nonpartisan redistricting commission for the rest of the decade and allow the Democrat-dominated legislature to determine congressional redistricting for the next three election cycles.
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The vote will be the culmination of an effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats to create up to five left-leaning congressional seats in the Golden State to counter the new maps that conservative Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a couple of months ago, which will create up to five more right-leaning U.S. House districts in the red state of Texas.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks during a congressional redistricting event, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The redistricting in Texas, which came after Trump’s urging, is part of a broader effort by the GOP across the country to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
Trump is aiming to avoid a repeat of the 2018 midterms, during his first term in office, when Republicans lost control of the House.
Pennsylvania
Democrats currently hold a 5-2 majority on the Supreme Court in the northeastern battleground of Pennsylvania.
But three Democrat-leaning justices on the state Supreme Court, following the completion of their 10-year terms, are running this year to keep their seats in «Yes» or «No» retention elections.
The election could upend the court’s composition for the next decade, heavily influence whether Democrats or Republicans have an advantage in the state’s congressional delegation and legislature, and impact crucial cases including voting rights and reproductive rights.
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While state Supreme Court elections typically don’t grab much national attention, contests where the balance of a court in a key battleground state is up for grabs have attracted tons of outside money.
The state Supreme Court showdown this spring in Wisconsin, where the 4-3 liberal majority was maintained, drew nearly $100 million in outside money as both parties poured resources into the election.
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Hegseth applauds South Korea’s plan to take larger role in defense against North Korean aggression
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U.S. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Tuesday lauded South Korea’s plans to boost its military spending and take on a larger role in defending itself from North Korea’s aggression.
The U.S. has wanted South Korea to increase its conventional defense capabilities so that Washington can center its attention on China.
Hegseth spoke to reporters after annual security talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul, where he said he was «greatly encouraged» by Seoul’s commitment to raising defense spending and making greater investments in its own military capabilities.
He said the two allies agreed that the investments would boost South Korea’s ability to lead its conventional deterrence against its northern foe.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, looks on as South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, right, speaks during a joint press conference following the 57th Security Consultative Meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in a speech to parliament Tuesday, asked lawmakers to approve an 8.2% increase in defense spending next year. The president said the increase in spending would help modernize the military’s weapons systems and reduce its reliance on the U.S.
Hegseth noted defense cooperation on repairing and maintaining U.S. warships in South Korea, stressing that the activities harness South Korea’s shipbuilding capabilities and «ensure our most lethal capabilities remain ready to respond to any crisis.»
«We face, as we both acknowledge, a dangerous security environment, but our alliance is stronger than ever,» Hegseth said.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from left, and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, center, visit the Observation Post Ouellette near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP)
Hegseth said the South Korea-U.S. alliance is primarily meant to respond to potential North Korean aggression, but other regional threats must also be addressed.
«There’s no doubt flexibility for regional contingencies is something we would take a look at, but we are focused on standing by our allies here and ensuring the threat of the [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] is not a threat to the Republic of Korea and certainly continue to extend nuclear deterrence as we have before,» he said.
In recent years, the U.S. and South Korea have discussed how to integrate U.S. nuclear weapons and South Korean conventional weapons.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back for a photo at the 57th Security Consultative Meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP)
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South Korea has no nuclear weapons, and Ahn denied speculation that it could eventually seek its own nuclear weapons program or that it is pushing for redeployment of U.S. tactical weapon weapons that were removed from South Korea in the 1990s.
Earlier Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the country detected North Korea test-firing around 10 rounds of artillery toward its western waters on Monday, shortly before Hegseth arrived at an inter-Korean border village with Ahn to begin his two-day visit to South Korea.
Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone on the border with North Korea earlier in the week.
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Luigi Mangione: cómo un tiroteo inspiró memes, debates y devoción en la cultura estadounidense
El tiroteo ocurrido en diciembre pasado, en el que presuntamente Luigi Mangione, un joven desilusionado con el sistema, disparó contra el director ejecutivo de United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, en casi cualquier otra época habría sido considerado una aberración. En Estados Unidos en 2025, se transformó en un meme, un movimiento y una prueba moral.
En Luigi, John H. Richardson, un periodista experimentado, indaga cómo ocurrió esto, en un libro que es parte investigación, parte radiografía cultural. Reconstruye el trayecto de Mangione desde abanderado y tecnólogo preocupado por el clima, hasta el denominado “San Luigi” famoso en TikTok, cuya imagen aureolada hoy circula en bolsas ecológicas y tatuajes. La pregunta central del libro es una que Estados Unidos no deja de hacerse tras la cantidad creciente de tiroteos y asesinatos políticos: ¿debemos juzgar a estos autores como asesinos, como mártires justos o como espejos culturales?
Los capítulos iniciales son los más logrados. Richardson comienza con Luigi en una playa de Waikiki. Es un joven programador brillante leyendo historia social y, finalmente, el manifiesto del Unabomber. Luego, el relato se expande hacia la historia de la tecnofobia y la alienación digital en Estados Unidos.
Las similitudes con Ted Kaczynski —con quien Richardson mantuvo correspondencia durante años y sobre quien ha escrito en profundidad— se vuelven evidentes: la precisión intelectual, el desprecio por los sistemas, el paso de la crítica al extremismo.
Pero Luigi también trata sobre el resto de nosotros: el carnaval instantáneo de las redes sociales que convierte la violencia real en espectáculo participativo. Horas después del tiroteo, Internet había producido una avalancha de opiniones, memes y productos, que a menudo reproducían las palabras que Mangione grabó en sus balas: “Negar”, “Defender” y “Depone”. Se percibe algo reconociblemente estadounidense: una mezcla de ironía y desesperación que difumina los límites morales.
Richardson observa esos momentos con precisión. Entiende que el fenómeno Luigi no se reduce a un agravio político, sino que involucra también el placer de la transgresión en una sociedad que vende la indignación como entretenimiento.
No obstante, la fuerza del libro a veces depende demasiado de las propias superficies que describe. Richardson basa gran parte de su relato en material público —hilos de Reddit, reacciones en YouTube, campañas en línea— y menos en entrevistas directas con personas del entorno de Mangione. Se oyen más voces de espectadores digitales que de quienes conocieron al protagonista. Ante la ausencia de estos detalles personales, el resultado se percibe cuidadosamente curado pero distante en lo emocional.
Quizás esto resulte inevitable para un libro escrito bajo presión sobre una historia que aún evoluciona. El juicio de Mangione está pendiente y es probable que muchos de sus amigos y familiares tengan órdenes de silencio judicial. Pero ese vacío lleva a Richardson a apoyarse en la autoridad reciclada de otros, en especial de Kaczynski.
La correspondencia con el Unabomber, que fue clave en los trabajos anteriores de Richardson, reaparece aquí como el andamiaje moral e intelectual del libro. Kaczynski se convierte en el mentor fantasmal que explica la lógica de la revuelta tecnológica.
Falta una exploración más profunda sobre por qué el acto de Luigi resuena ahora, en unos Estados Unidos donde denegaciones algorítmicas de atención médica chocan con la difusión algorítmica del resentimiento y la desesperanza. Sin esa conexión, el paralelismo entre los atentados antiindustriales de Kaczynski y el presunto tiroteo anticorporativo de Mangione parece más asociativo que analítico.
Richardson busca que veamos la continuidad entre los ecoterroristas de los años noventa y los aceleracionistas digitales de hoy. Pero las fuerzas contemporáneas que impulsan “Luigi” (deuda estudiantil, trabajo precario, medicina privatizada, radicalización en línea y las redes sociales) son tanto económicas y psicológicas como tecnológicas. Queda la pregunta sobre por qué estas ideas encuentran nuevo arraigo en una economía de la salud donde el sufrimiento es privatizado e invisible. En momentos clave, el libro sugiere esta complejidad, pero no llega a ahondar en ella.
Donde Richardson acierta es vinculando el asesinato con la crisis más amplia de atención en Estados Unidos. Argumenta que el tiroteo obligó al público a enfrentar cómo el daño moral se ha integrado en la economía de la salud. Relata cómo la indignación por las prácticas de las aseguradoras creció tras el asesinato. Los directivos contrataron equipos de seguridad privados cuando encuestas reflejaron que un porcentaje sorprendente de jóvenes consideraba “aceptable” el acto.
Estas secciones resultan inquietantes e incómodas. Richardson capta la sensación de que la violencia de Luigi desnuda una fibra sensible en la política estadounidense: la impresión de que nadie en el poder escucha hasta que alguien con un arma impone el tema. Recuerda que un sistema percibido como depredador será finalmente enfrentado no solo por protestas, sino por anomia o nihilismo.
Otra línea del libro —la fascinación cultural con la violencia justiciera— resulta alarmante. Richardson documenta cómo la imagen de Mangione pasó de ficha policial a ícono. Presentadores nocturnos bromeaban sobre que era “el presunto asesino más atractivo del año”. Richardson lo llama “la energía de una cultura en cambio”, pero la frase tiene doble filo: también es la energía de una cultura que ha perdido su brújula moral.
Richardson acierta al presentar Luigi como una historia estadounidense sobre armas centrada en el hecho de que un sector importante de la población se siente “desesperado por liberarse”, como escribe el propio Richardson, de la impotencia e indignación ante el statu quo. Pero podría profundizar mucho más en las continuidades y fracturas entre salud pública, violencia política y armas, y las incómodas contradicciones que surgen cuando las posiciones antifuego chocan con los relatos ideológicos.
Richardson escribe con elegancia. Su cobertura del revuelo mediático, los editoriales enfrentados, la manipulación partidaria, los videos de influencers, es precisa y a veces irónicamente graciosa. Pero pese a su pulcritud, “Luigi” ofrece poco trabajo de campo propio. No se percibe el peso del mundo de Mangione antes ni después de su caída. Esas ausencias importan porque son las que distinguen al periodismo del collage.
En sus momentos más logrados, “Luigi” nos obliga a enfrentar preguntas que trascienden un hecho de violencia. ¿Qué ocurre cuando los sistemas diseñados para sostener la vida se perciben como mecanismos que lucran con el sufrimiento? ¿Qué significa que los estadounidenses encuentren catarsis moral en la venganza? La inquietante posibilidad que plantea “Luigi” es que la línea entre protesta y espectáculo, revolución y venganza, se ha desdibujado por completo.
El libro de Richardson tal vez no resuelva la cuestión definitiva sobre si su protagonista es un héroe, un criminal o una víctima. Pero deja una más urgente: ¿Qué dice de Estados Unidos que ya no podamos distinguir la diferencia?
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Socialist shockwave: Zohran Mamdani stuns NYC as voters hand power to Democrats’ far-left flank
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The Fox News Decision Desk has projected that New York City will elect Democratic Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as its next mayor. The self-described democratic socialist toppled former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a contentious fight for the future of New York City — and possibly the direction of the Democratic Party.
Mamdani, the 34-year-old Ugandan-born state assemblyman from Queens, triggered a political earthquake when he declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in June, pulling an upset over a former governor who was widely expected to win the party’s nomination.
He has since been catapulted onto the national stage, teaming up with progressive power duo Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to rally New York City voters for his affordability agenda, which includes ambitious campaign promises like rent freezes, fast and free buses, city-run grocery stores and free childcare.
It’s a race that President Donald Trump himself has been watching closely, labeling Mamdani a «100% Communist Lunatic» and «My little communist» — monikers Mamdani has rejected. On the eve of Election Day, Trump endorsed Cuomo and floated cutting federal funds to New York City if Mamdani won.
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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani briefly speaks with reporters as he leaves the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
In the days leading up to the election, Mamdani vowed to use the «bully pulpit» and the judicial system to fight back against Trump’s «threats.»
«Donald Trump may speak as if it is his decision, but this is money that this city is owed. This is money that we will expect to collect,» Mamdani said Monday.
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Mamdani’s primary success exposed a divide within the Democratic Party, which suffered big losses up and down the ballot last year and has since struggled to put up a united front against the Trump administration without clear party leadership.
Cuomo resigned from office in 2021 in the face of multiple controversies, including several sexual harassment claims, which he has denied. After losing the primary he was expected to win, Cuomo challenged Mamdani as an Independent candidate in the general election, and has since charged Mamdani of being more a socialist than a Democrat.
«The truth is, there’s a quiet civil war going on in the Democratic Party right now,» Cuomo told Fox News last week. «You have an extreme left. Radical left. Bernie Sanders, AOC — Mamdani is just the banner carrier for that movement — versus the mainstream moderate Democrats. They now call me moderate. They used to call me liberal. Now, I’m a moderate because the whole party shifted.»
New York Democrats were reluctant to endorse Mamdani’s mayoral campaign after he secured the Democratic nomination.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to endorse Mamdani, despite telling reporters he has a «good relationship with him» and that they are «continuing to talk.» Mamdani was arrested for protesting the war in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire outside Schumer’s home in Brooklyn in 2023.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave an 11th-hour endorsement for Mamdani after months of equivocating. The announcement came the day before early voting began.
Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a mayoral debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York City. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)
Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., endorsed Mamdani’s campaign in September and later joined him on the campaign trail. When pressed about whether Mamdani would endorse Hochul, he refused to affirm his support for the sitting governor.
Hochul will be critical to Mamdani’s plan to raise taxes on corporations and the top 1% of New Yorkers to pay for his radical campaign agenda, as a tax hike would require state approval.
The governor has maintained that she will not raise taxes, which earned her some heckling at a recent Queens rally, when Mamdani’s supporters shouted, «Tax the rich!»
Mamdani has faced a relentless news cycle since securing the Democratic nomination.
Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, the founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, have said that Mamdani would not do enough to protect Jewish New Yorkers if elected mayor.
Mamdani refused to condemn the term «globalize the intifada» during the primary, widely considered a call to violence against Jews. He has since committed to discouraging others from using the term.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul hold hands on stage as they attend a «New York is Not For Sale» rally at Forest Hills Stadium, in the Queens borough of New York City, on Oct. 26, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
Weeks before Election Day, a slate of prominent New York City rabbis joined more than 650 rabbis nationwide to sign «A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future,» asserting that Jewish Americans «cannot remain silent» on discrimination against Jewish people and citing Mamdani’s stances that are critical of Israel.
Mamdani, who is of Indian descent, will be the first South Asian and first Muslim mayor of New York City.
Religion has been a defining issue in the mayoral race, as many Jewish New Yorkers have rejected Mamdani’s positions on Israel, including his calling the war in Gaza a «genocide» and his refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Mamdani has maintained that he «would not recognize any state’s right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race, of religion.»
When asked during last week’s mayoral debate if Mamdani has any regrets about his «long-standing» anti-Israel views, the democratic socialist affirmed his commitment to protecting Jewish New Yorkers, as he has throughout the campaign.
Mamdani has a long record of supporting the pro-Palestinian movement, including at Bowdoin College, where he founded the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter.
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani supporters gather outside 30 Rock in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
With weeks until Election Day, Mamdani charged his opponents and Mayor Eric Adams, who ultimately suspended his re-election campaign after staying out of the Democratic primary to run as an independent, with Islamophobia for a slew of comments made about him on the campaign trail.
Mamdani also faced criticism for his past comments about the New York City Police Department, including those comparing the NYPD to the Israel Defense Forces and calling the NYPD «racist, anti‑queer & a major threat to public safety» in 2020, among other insults.
«I’ll apologize to police officers right here, because this is the apology that I’ve been sharing with many rank-and-file officers, and I apologize because of the fact that I’m looking to work with these officers, and I know that these officers, these men and women who serve in the NYPD, they put their lives on the line every single day,» Mamdani said on Fox News.
As New York City voters began heading to the polls for early voting, billionaires, including Red Apple Media CEO John Catsimatidis and hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman, urged Sliwa to drop out of the race to consolidate support for Cuomo, but the Republican nominee refused to suspend his campaign.
Similar pressure mounted after the primary for either Cuomo or Adams to drop out to boost the anti-Mamdani vote. After Adams suspended his campaign, he ultimately endorsed Cuomo. Trump’s Justice Department dropped bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy charges against Adams earlier this year.
Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa is interviewed by Fox News Digital, in New York City on Aug. 18, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Mamdani will also be the first millennial mayor of the nation’s largest city.
Such was clear from the early days of Mamdani’s campaign, as he made strategic use of social media, including TikTok, to build a recognizable brand and motivate a swath of low-propensity voters.
His campaign played into the hands of an evolving – and chronically online – New York City electorate.
Scrolling through Mamdani’s social media, his TikTok and Instagram pages resemble that of a New York City influencer. From the film-like filters and consistent fonts on his vertical videos to the cameos from celebrities, including model Emily Ratajkowski and comedian Bowen Yang, Mamdani’s videos regularly amass millions of views.
During the general election, Mamdani’s campaign began collaborating with content creators, inviting New York City’s micro-influencers to a «New Media» briefing, which are typically reserved for mainstream media, and continuing to walk through the revolving door of podcast appearances, akin to such efforts by the Trump administration in 2024.
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Like Trump in 2024, Mamdani centered his mayoral campaign on affordability, vowing to deliver a New York City that voters could actually afford to live in.
Mamdani told Fox News in the final days of his campaign that he learned of a woman wearing a «MAGA for Zohran» hat at his Queens rally, eliciting Trump’s renowned «Make America Great Again» slogan.
«It tells me that no matter what your politics are, you’re feeling the same crisis, and this is a movement that looks to address that crisis» of affordability, Mamdani said. «No matter who you are, no matter where you live.»
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