NEW YORK (WABC) -- Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city's first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been elected governor of New Jersey.
The four-term member of Congress centered her campaign on her biography as a Navy helicopter pilot and former prosecutor who would stand up to President Donald Trump.
She will be New Jersey's second female governor.
Ciattarelli lost his second straight governor's election after coming within a few points of defeating Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago.
Curtis Sliwa does the 6-7 dance while encouraging people to vote
New York City Republican candidate for mayor Curtis Sliwa, in a post on X on Tuesday night encouraging people to vote, tapped into the "6-7" meme and dance that Dictionary.com recently crowned its 2025 Word of the Year.
"How many votes should you bring from your household? 6-7. 2 hours left: Now get out there and vote!" Sliwa wrote, while sharing a video of himself doing the "6-7" dance when asked to by a young New Yorker.
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim
Nov 05, 2025, 1:23 AM GMT
Democrats sue to keep polls open in a New Jersey county after unfounded bomb threats
The Passaic County Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court on Tuesday seeking to keep the polls open for an extra hour because of unfounded bomb threats earlier in the day.
The party is asking to extend poll closings in Passaic County until 9 p.m. There are about 340,000 registered voters in the key swing county. A court hearing is expected imminently.
Passaic County received three threats and redirected some affected voters to other locations early Tuesday, county spokesperson Lindsay Reed said in an email. One location, a school building, was cleared and voting resumed.
Passaic is the only county outside California where the Department of Justice sent election monitors.
Nov 05, 2025, 1:01 AM GMT
Polls close in New Jersey
Polls in New Jersey closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Click here to track live New Jersey governor race results and see how candidates are doing.
Nov 05, 2025, 12:31 AM GMT
Judge in New Jersey orders elections officials to notify voters of deficient mail-ballots
A judge in Bergen County, New Jersey, has ordered local election officials to notify voters whose mail-in ballots were deficient that their ballot won't be counted so they could cast a provisional ballot.
The court order says nearly 500 mail-in ballots were set aside by the Bergen County Board of Elections, and that elections commissioners should consider whether any or all of them will be subject to a process to cure any deficiency.
New Jersey Democrats on Monday filed a lawsuit against election officials over the ballots that were returned without an inner security envelope. New Jersey State Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones said, "We should always strive to ensure that every vote is counted."
New Jersey Republicans intervened in the case. The Republican National Committee said it supports the state party. National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said New Jersey law is clear that unsealed or tampered ballots can't be counted.
