• ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      Mamdani beat Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, but because of the way New York elections work, Cuomo was able to keep running as the candidate of another party, which he founded specifically for this election.

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      8 months ago

      Just in the primaries. Iirc Cuomo switched parties.