Zohran Mamdani calls himself "Donald Trump's worst nightmare". They are the words of a man living the dream.

It's because the 34-year-old is the headline act in Tuesday's referendum on Trump 2.0. A statement night in US politics, as Americans - some, at least - deliver a verdict on what they've seen so far.

Of four electoral contests across the US - including in California, New Jersey and Virginia - the race to be New York mayor is the most compulsive and consequential.

The polls have Mamdani , the Democratic nominee, as the frontrunner. If he wins, it would signify big change in the Big Apple.

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Born in Uganda to Indian parents (he moved to the US aged seven), Mamdani would become New York's first Muslim mayor.

He is a democrat

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