Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral election, completing the state assembly member’s improbable run from little-known longshot to mayor-elect of America’s largest city.

The Associated Press called the race a little after 9:30 p.m. local time.

Mamdani easily defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary earlier this year, and then overcame an independent challenge by the former New York governor, as well as the millions spent by the wealthy to keep him out of office, and even threats by President Donald Trump to withhold federal funding from the city should he win. Mamdani is the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of New York City. He is only 34 years old.

A self-described Democratic Socialist, Mamdani ran on a platform of affordability and community-focused reforms i

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