Far-left Democratic New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, once a long-shot candidate, appears to have emerged as a top contender in the New York City mayoral race — with disgraced former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo no longer viewed as the sole frontrunner.
While several recent polls have shown Cuomo leading ahead of the June 24 the Democratic primary, one survey showed Mamdani, an open socialist, ahead by 4 percentage points. The two men, along with five other candidates, clashed during the final New York City Democratic mayoral debate on Thursday night, with both Cuomo and Mamdani facing heated attacks from each other as well as some of the lower-polling candidates.
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