On Tuesday, the city’s Board of Elections released the final results of the ranked-choice mayoral primary, showing Zohran Mamdani trouncing Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination. Mamdani won 56 percent to Cuomo’s 44 percent once all other candidates were eliminated and their votes were given to the top two finishers in the third round of voting.

In the final round, Mamdani picked up 99,069 additional votes from his eliminated challengers, nearly double the 53,493 votes gained by Cuomo in the tabulation. The strong showing is likely a result of the heavily-promoted “Don’t Rank Cuomo” strategy which urged voters to leave him off their ballot entirely. That approach culminated in a late cross-endorsement between Mamdani and comptroller

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