"REUTERS/Jeenah Moon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Riding on a huge voter turnout, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani swept to the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York. Meanwhile, Caribbean Democratic legislators in New York easily won re-election in Tuesday's General Elections. With 90 % of the ballots counted, New York City Democratic Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the son of Grenadian immigrants, received 1,362,196 votes, or 72.9 %; Republican Gonzalo Duran received 465,113 votes, or 24.9%; and Independent Martin Dolan obtained 42,314 votes, or 2.3%."
"In District 46 in Brooklyn, with 88 % of the ballots counted, Haitian-born, New York City Democratic Council Member incumbent Mercedes Narcisse received 24,622 votes, or 67.9 %; Republican Athena Clarke received 10,012 votes, or 27.6 %; and Guyanese-born Dimple Willabus, running as a Conservative, received 1,643 votes, or 4.5%. In District 45 in Brooklyn, with 88 % of the ballots counted, New York City Democratic Council Member incumbent Farah Louis, the daughter of Haitian and Bahamian immigrants, garnered 31,611 votes, or 84.7 %;"
Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York amid a huge voter turnout. Caribbean Democratic legislators in New York won re-election comfortably. With 90% of ballots counted, New York City Democratic Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, son of Grenadian immigrants, received 1,362,196 votes (72.9%); Republican Gonzalo Duran received 465,113 votes (24.9%); and Independent Martin Dolan obtained 42,314 votes (2.3%). In Brooklyn council races, Mercedes Narcisse won 67.9% in District 46 and Farah Louis won 84.7% in District 45. Crystal Hudson and Chris Banks also won large margins in their districts. Over two million New Yorkers voted.
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