STORY: Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani voted in the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday (November 4) along with his wife, Rama Duwaji.

The 34-year-old democratic socialist faces 67-year-old Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the primary, four years after resigning as New York state's governor in disgrace. The campaign has laid bare the Democratic Party's generational and ideological divides as it seeks to rehabilitate its damaged brand.

Mamdani, a little-known lawmaker in New York's state legislature only a few months ago, has led by double digits over Cuomo, with Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, 71, a distant third in most opinion polls.

U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Cuomo for mayor of New York City on Monday (November 3) and threatened to hold back federal funds to the city if Mamdani wins the mayoral election.

Polls close first in Virginia at 7 p.m. ET (0000 GMT), followed by New Jersey, New York, and California throughout Tuesday evening.

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1. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL ELECTION, ZOHRAN MAMDANI, AND HIS WIFE, RAMA DUWAJI, WALKING INTO POLLING STATION AT FRANK SINATRA HIGH SCHOOL IN ASTORIA, QUEENS

2. MAMDANI AND DUWAJI RECEIVING BALLOT AND WALKING TO VOTING BOOTH

3. VARIOUS OF MAMDANI AND DUWAJI VOTING

4. MAMDANI STEPS OUT OF VOTING BOOTH AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

5. VARIOUS OF MAMDANI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

6. MAMDANI ACCOMPANYING HIS WIFE OUT OF VOTING BOOTH

7. MAMDANI AND DUWAJI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

8. POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WALKING OUT OF POLLING STATION AND INTO CAR

9. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE VOTING, POLLING STATI