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Moments after Zohran Mamdani was projected to win New York City’s mayoral election on Tuesday night (November 4), NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo was forced to announce the news live on air in his role as anchor. He then pivoted to give his thoughts on why his brother, Andrew Cuomo, lost the vote.
The NewsNation host sadly analyzed his brother’s defeat in the New York City mayoral election, and the reality hit hard.
The defeated NYC mayoral candidate criticized supporters who booed as he congratulated Democratic winner Zohran Mamdani.
In October, the Times of London inadvertently interviewed Bill DeBlasio, a Long Island wine importer, instead of former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to Semafor. And in 2015, two men named Ted Cruz and one man named Jeb Bush complained of being mistaken with the Texas senator and former Florida governor, Newsweek reported.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed supporters and conceded in the New York City mayoral election to history-making win by Zohran Mamdani.
Sliwa is holding his election watch party at a restaurant on the the heavily Democratic Upper West Side of Manhattan. Several supporters could be seen sporting red berets, a symbol of the Guardian Angels, the citizen-safety patrol group Sliwa founded in 1979.
"I thought that was a successful campaign strategy," said online celebrity Hasan Piker of Andrew Cuomo's loss.
Andrew Cuomo’s political career is ending where it began — with a failed mayoral race. Nearly 50 years ago, Cuomo served as an informal adviser to his father’s unsuccessful City Hall bid. Decades later,