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Mamdani emerges as front-runner
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|November 05, 2025
Indian-descent candidate could be elected to top political post in America’s biggest city
New York City is all set to elect a new mayor on Tuesday as the mayoral race enters its final lap, with Indian-descent Zohran Kwame Mamdani emerging as the front-runner to take up the top political post in America's biggest city.
Mamdani, 34, born in Uganda and raised in New York City, is a New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist running for Mayor.
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