(NewsNation) — New York City voters are casting their ballots Tuesday to elect their new mayor, who will replace outgoing Mayor Eric Adams.

The race has been in the national spotlight since 34-year-old New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, seized the Democratic ticket from Adams and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Both Cuomo and Adams reentered the race as independent candidates, but the latter dropped out after his campaign failed to pick up steam.

Voters on Tuesday will decide between Mamdani — who held a wide polling lead in the weeks leading up to Election Day — Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. New York City uses a ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference; a candidate needs more than 50% of the vo

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