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sheetsadam1 — 9 months ago(June 13, 2025 06:36 PM)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/mamdani-lander-cross-endorsing-mayor-00405357
After months of Andrew Cuomo topping the New York City mayor’s race while the organized left scrambled, progressive candidates are finally using ranked-choice voting to fight back.
Whether there’s enough time to capitalize on Cuomo’s negatives remains to be seen — he continues to dominate most polls and is funded by a multimillion-dollar super PAC, with just 11 days until the Democratic primary.
Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander, the highest-ranking progressive candidates in the race, endorsed each other Friday, one day after the final Democratic primary debate during which both attacked Cuomo. The former governor saved most of his fire for Mamdani, who is nipping at his heels in the final stretch of the race.
In backing each other, the two candidates each urged his supporters to rank the other second as they seek every advantage before early voting begins Saturday.
And it comes as the Working Families Party encourages its other endorsed candidates to formally combine forces — something the campaigns have avoided until now.
“Today’s cross-endorsement is probably the most impactful,” Ana María Archila, New York Working Families Party co-director, told POLITICO in an interview Friday.
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