McGreevey’s Bid for Political Comeback Moves to a Runoff

Jim McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey, is hoping to become the mayor of Jersey City. No candidate won 50 percent of the vote, so the race is headed to a runoff.

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For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president.

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N.Y.C. Panel Withdraws Proposal to Switch to Open Primaries

The panel, created by Mayor Eric Adams, said it would introduce other ballot initiatives, but not a proposal that would allow all voters to participate in primaries regardless of party.

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Why Ranked-Choice Voting Could Have a Pivotal Effect on the Mayor’s Race

The candidates have struck alliances and made cross-endorsements to take advantage of the ranked-choice voting system.

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Black Voters Take Center Stage as N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Enters Final Days

Adrienne Adams, the Black City Council speaker, has resisted pressure to cross-endorse Zohran Mamdani, renewing battle lines between some Black Democrats and progressives.

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N.Y.C. Primary Voters Can Rank 5 Candidates. Many Have Only Heard of 2.

New York City voters have nine Democrats to consider in this year’s mayoral primary, a crowded race made more complicated by the return of ranked-choice voting.

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Working Families Party Endorses 4 Candidates in Strategy to Beat Cuomo

The progressive group backed Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, Adrienne Adams and Zellnor Myrie for mayor as part of a broader effort to defeat the former governor, who is leading in the polls.

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How to Beat Cuomo and Adams? The Working Families Party Has a Plan.

The left-leaning political party is seeking to avoid a repeat of 2021, when its top candidates were also-rans in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City.

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Can One of These 5 Progressives Defeat Mayor Adams?

Five Democrats are competing to become the left-leaning wing’s candidate of choice in the June mayoral primary.

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