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Election News Digest: June 23 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-23
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
Former President Bill Clinton will offer a last-minute boost of support for former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo by endorsing him in the New York City mayor’s race on Sunday, the last day of early voting. Mr. Cuomo worked in the Clinton administration as the housing secretary, and the former president’s backing, as well as a taped robocall providing his support, could help turn out older voters in the tightening Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday. Mr. Clinton will use the robocall to tell voters that he hired Mr. Cuomo “because he knows how to get things done” and that they had worked together on homelessness and on improving “communities that had been left behind.”
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New York City Mayoral Poll: Mamdani Catches Cuomo In Rank Choice Voting
The final Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary finds former Governor Andrew Cuomo leading with 35% support, followed closely by Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani at 32%, and Comptroller Brad Lander at 13%. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams follows with 8%, Scott Stringer with 3%, and 4% of voters remain undecided ahead of Tuesday’s election. Since last month’s poll, Mamdani gained ten points on the initial ballot test, rising from 22% to 32%, while Cuomo gained one point, 34% to 35%. emersoncollegepolling.com/...
Democrat battle over Connolly’s Oversight seat comes down to wire
The high-stakes race to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee appears to be up for grabs. There’s no clear front-runner just before House Democrats vote Tuesday to replace the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the panel’s ranking member who died last monthafter a battle with cancer. The field is a crowded one: Four members of the committee are gunning for Connolly’s post. The candidates embody a microcosm of the broader caucus in diversity in age, gender, ethnicity and regional representation that makes the race both a referendum on the Democrats’ long-held seniority system and a measure of how the party wants to broadcast its image heading into next year’s midterm elections. thehill.com/...
David Hogg doubles down after controversy: ‘I’m not going anywhere’ David Hogg is making it clear he’s not going anywhere — whether Democrats like it or not. The 25-year-old gun control activist opted not to run again for his post at the Democratic National Committee after his decision to get involved in primaries sparked intense backlash. But Hogg has continued to be active on the political scene, meeting with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and encouraging primary challenges for Democrats who support U.S. intervention in Iran. While some Democrats have welcomed him back into the fold since his exit, other members of the party fear he could be a hindrance as they prepare for the midterms. Regardless of what his fellow party members think of him, though, Hogg has made it clear he’s here to stay. thehill.com/...
How voters in rural Wisconsin could decide the House majority The biggest political story over the next 18 months will be the fight for a House majority. And no state is likely to have a more significant impact in that fight than Wisconsin. It’s a bit of an oddity. Wisconsin has only eight congressional districts, and many of them are considered safe seats. However, because the state may undergo a rare mid-decade redistricting process ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, two districts currently controlled by Republicans could become significantly more competitive. Just ask one of the Republicans representing one of those districts. www.washingtonpost.com/...
5 things to watch on election night in NYC We almost certainly will not know the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor on election night. We will not have the initial ranked choice tabulation of votes until July 1– and the vote won’t be certified until mid-July. The New York City Board of Elections has said they’ll release only a tally of first-choice votes cast on election night, during early voting and in a portion of absentee ballots, the nonprofit news site The City reported. So we’ll only get a partial picture, but New Yorkers’ first choices will tell us a lot. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been leading almost all recent polls, so he’s expected to come out ahead on election night – but his margin matters, as well as his proximity to that all important 50% threshold, left-leaning political commentator Michael Lange told City & State. “I think if you’re Zohran Mamdani, you want to be within 5 points of Cuomo,” Lange said. “(2021 candidate Kathryn) Garcia almost came backfrom 11 points, but she was a ranked choice voting unicorn almost.” Lange added that Cuomo is more likely to be overtaken in a ranked choice tabulation the further he is from 50% of first-choice votes. “Obviously the caveat is 35-30 is a lot better (for Mamdani) than 40-35,” Lange said. Though the race is expected to come down to Mamdani and Cuomo, we’ll also be watching to see how much Comptroller Brad Lander’s whirlwind final week of campaigning impacts the first-choice results. Lander was (sort of) endorsed by The New York Times opinion section, backed by Ezra Klein and made international headlines when he was detained by ICE for trying to escort a man out of immigration court. www.cityandstateny.com/...
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