A year after the party totally collapsed, Democrats, or at least their voters, are getting a glimmer of hope. Zohran Mamdani, a previously little-known state assembly member from Astoria, Queens, romped to victory on Tuesday, trampling the disgraced former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, and the constellation of corporate interests, billionaires, Republicans and establishment Democrats that propped up his shambolic campaign.

At one watch party tucked away on the border of Queens and Brooklyn, a crowd of supporters erupted in cheers when the first results rolled in, showing what most had expected going into election day: Cuomo had been routed and Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.

Preliminary results showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by nine points, with 52% of the vote count

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