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Good morning, everyone. And we're going to dive right in with

the man of the hours, Iran Mamdani, officially, but soon to be officially, the Democratic nominee for

mayor of New York. If you haven't heard yet, listeners, Mamdani way overperformed his pre-election

poll numbers, and Andrew Cuomo has conceded. So after all our coverage

of the race on this show with all nine candidates, he has earned a victory lap here this morning.

Assemblyman Mamdani, we so appreciate giving us a few minutes after being up late last night for

the returns. Congratulations. And can you believe it yet yourself?

Thank you so much for having you, Brian. It's a real pleasure to be here. It feels incredible,

but more than anything, I feel grateful to every single person who knocked doors, who made calls,

who believed in this campaign from the very beginning

when we were polling at just 1% and every single New Yorker who came out to vote for a city

that they could actually afford. And congratulations, not just on winning the primary, but on

inspiring many new voters to participate in the electoral process. The early voting stats

we have show nearly a quarter of those people had not voted in a primary since at least

2012, probably then most were new. How does that part of the victory make you feel?

It's one of the most meaningful things. You know, I grew up in the city.

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