POLITICS

Record early turnout in New York mayoral race

More than 735,000 New Yorkers cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral election, the highest early in-person turnout for a nonpresidential contest in New York. Sunday brought about 151,000 voters—the busiest day—and a late surge among people under 35, pushing the median early voter age down to 50. Early turnout dwarfs 2022 midterms (about 433,000) and 2021’s mayoral race (about 170,000), though it trails last year’s presidential pace. The closely watched contest shows Democrat Zohran Mamdani leading rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.

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