Vote 2025: Race for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and more | Live updates
ByEyewitness News 
Last updated: Monday, October 6, 2025 3:31PM GMT
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Election Day is about a month away and the candidates are working hard to get their message out to voters as the clock ticks closer to November 4.
In New York City, all eyes are on the race for mayor as frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa are making campaign appearances and headlines regularly.
It comes after Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he was suspending his campaign for reelection.
Meanwhile, the race for the governor of New Jersey is heating up after a recent poll put Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli in a tie.
Check back for daily live updates on the candidates and headlines leading up to election day.
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Here's how the news is developing.
ByEyewitness News Sep 29, 2025, 3:16 PM GMT
Eric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral race
Eric Adams has announced that he is ending his reelection campaign and dropping out of the New York City mayoral race on Sunday.
In a video released on social media, Adams spoke with pride about his achievements as mayor, including a drop in violent crime. But he said that "constant media speculation" about his future and a decision by the city's campaign finance board to withhold public funding from his reelection effort, made it impossible to stay in the race.
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NJ Burkett has the latest developments.
Sep 29, 2025, 3:16 PM GMT
New poll puts Mikie Sherrill, Jack Ciattarelli tied in race for New Jersey governor
In the race for New Jersey governor, Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli are tied at 43%, according to an Emerson College poll out Thursday morning.
It is the first mainstream poll to put the head-to-head race in a dead heat, and the cycle's first to not have Sherrill leading, either in the democratic primary or the general election.
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Oct 20, 2025, 2:55 PM GMT
1-on-1 with Zohran Mamdani
Fresh off claiming victory in the Democratic mayoral primary, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani sat down for a one-on-one conversation with Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter.
Mamdani went from being a relatively unknown state lawmaker to the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in just a matter of months.
Bill Ritter sat down for a one-on-one interview with Zohran Mamdani, less than 24 hours after declaring victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary.
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Oct 13, 2025, 4:02 PM GMT
1-on-1 with Curtis Sliwa
Bill Ritter spoke with Republican candidate for New York City mayor Curtis Sliwa on "Up Close" about the hotly-contested race to be the city's next mayor, and whether he's being pressured to drop out.
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