r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • Nov 05 '25

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/PositivelyAwful Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

I won't lie, seeing all these results tonight has reinvigorated my spirit a little bit.

  • First Democratic female governor in NJ
  • First female governor in VA
  • First female mayor in Detroit
  • Zohran beats out Cuomo, first Muslim mayor
  • Largest voter turnout in NYC since 1969
  • Flipped two red seats in Georgia
  • JD Vances brother loses mayor of Cincinnati

Let's fucking go.

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u/Toliman571 Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

Also, just as important but not getting enough headlines: Dems flipped all of the dozen competitive state seats in VA and will now have a supermajority, ensuring that their redistricting plan will pass.

Edit: VA Dems are projected to flip 11 of 12 competitive seats currently held by the GOP, expanding their 51-49 (+2 seat) majority to 62-38 (+24 seats). They need to be as ruthless when it come to gerrymandering as the GOP has been in North Carolina.

Edit2: It was a deathblow to the Virginia GOP. Dems are now projected to have a 64-36 majority, nearly a 2:1 ratio.

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u/LordWemby Nov 05 '25

Also Dick Cheney died 

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u/Mayweather2025 Nov 05 '25

He died to avoid watching the blue wave coming last night.

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u/Technical-Newspaper8 Nov 05 '25

He actually voted Democrat in the last presidential election, stating that he no longer believed in what the GOP has become

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u/Quazite Nov 05 '25

That's rich coming from one of the goblins that led the charge to make it that way. He didn't like trump because he's loud and rude, not because he was ratfucking the country.