Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. A new vote count Tuesday under the city’s ranked choice voting system confirmed the progressive legislator’s stunning upset of former Gov.

Sources told CNN that Cuomo's team believes the general electorate could be more receptive to his candidacy than primary voters.

Andrew Cuomo called state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani to congratulate him Tuesday night, saying he won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election. With 93% of the vote in, Mamdani had 43.5% and Cuomo had 36.