As of the 2025 elections, Zohran Mamdani became the city’s first Muslim mayor, its first South Asian mayor, and the youngest mayor in more than a century. He isn’t in office yet, however: the lawmaker from Astoria will be sworn in officially on Jan 1, 2026. Mamdani will be the city’s 111th mayor.

Zohran Mamdani will win New York City’s mayoral race, CNN projects, while Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill will win their respective gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.

Piker raised eyebrows with his remarks at the victory bash, declaring that Mamdani's win as a socialist was a turning point for America, a nation that he said 'defeated the Soviet Union, unfortunatel...