Upstart democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City, extending his lead to 12 points in the primary over Andrew Cuomo and raising new doubts about the viability of the former governor running as a third-party candidate.

Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. A new vote count Tuesday under the city’s ranked choice voting system confirmed the progressive legislator’s stunning upset of former Gov.

Mamdani, who is pushing for city-run grocery stores and host of freebies, has been on a victory tour since last Tuesday’s stunning upset.