What Zohran Mamdani's win in NYC means for Democrats

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

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According to New York City’s Board of Elections, more than 2 million people voted in Tuesday's mayoral race, the largest turnout in more than 50 years. The victor? Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. Spectrum News NY1's Ayana Harry joins us.

Then, Democratic National Committee vice chair Malcolm Kenyatta talks about what Democratic election wins across the U.S. mean for the party's strategy going forward.

And, President Trump's family made more than $800 million from its cryptocurrency ventures in the first half of 2025 alone, according to a Reuters report. We speak with Fortune’s Jeff John Roberts about the Trump family’s increasing presence in the world of cryptocurrency.

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0:23.7	New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants,
0:33.8	and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.
0:39.8	Zoran Mamdani makes history as the next mayor of New York City.
0:53.4	It's Wednesday, November 5th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBWR Boston.
1:00.0	I'm Shiko Theuri.
1:02.9	Today on the show, Democrats are celebrating election wins across the country, but will the
1:08.5	fragmented parties seize this moment for its future.
1:11.8	And the Trump family is increasingly involved in the world of cryptocurrency.
1:16.2	So why did the president say this about a crypto tycoon he pardoned just last month?
1:21.5	I don't know who he is.
1:23.0	I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that.
1:26.1	And I heard it was a Biden witch hunt.
1:28.4	But first. New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change. A mandate for a new kind of
1:40.8	politics. A mandate for a city we can afford. And a mandate for a government that
1:49.2	delivers exactly that. New Yorkers made history last night by electing Zoran Mamdani to be their
1:55.6	next mayor. It's a stunning win for a candidate who was relatively unknown just a year ago. Mamdani is now New York City's first Muslim mayor. It's a stunning win for a candidate who was relatively unknown just a year ago.
2:01.5	Mamdani is now New York City's first Muslim mayor, its first mayor of South Asian descent,
2:07.4	the first born in an African country, and at 34 years old, he will be the city's youngest mayor in more than a century.
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