Mamdani Defeats Cuomo, Sherrill's Big NJ Win, VA Democrats Sweep Gov and AG： AM Update 11⧸5
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Zoran Mamdani, a 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist and Muslim, becomes the projected winner of the New York City mayoral election, according to the Associated Press. Megyn Kelly reacts to the results.
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It's Wednesday, November 5th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
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My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.
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New York City elects a 34-year-old socialist Muslim mayor
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in a stunning, though anticipated, race against a former governor.
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Here in New Jersey, we know that this nation has not ever been,
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In New Jersey, Democrat Mikey Sherrill beats Republican Jack Cittarelli.
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And in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger easily beats winsome Earl Sears.
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And the man who wants to see Republicans dead becomes the next attorney general there.
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Within minutes of the polls closing in New York City, all kinds of history was made.
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Zoran Mamdani, the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist and Muslim,
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becoming the projected winner of the mayoral election, according to Decision Desk HQ.
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The Associated Press taking a little bit more time, calling the race about 40 minutes past the hour.
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With the highest turnout in decades, Mamdani defeating disgraced former Democratic Governor
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Andrew Cuomo in a seismic shift of New York politics.
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Mamdani energizing New York voters with a slick social media campaign and lofty promises,
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including rent freezes, free city bus rides, and city-run grocery stores.
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Mamdani celebrating the win in a room packed with supporters at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater.
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For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy
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and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands.
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Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery
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bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns.
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These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.
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And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater.
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My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.
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New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change.
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And a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that.
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Cuomo, who was once the most powerful Democrat in the state, but ran a stilted, cold, arthritic
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campaign, delivering remarks following his failed comeback bid.
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And I am proud of what we did and what we did together.
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This campaign was to contest the philosophies that are shaping the Democratic Party, the
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future of this city, and the future of this country.
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And this coalition transcended normal partisan politics.
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It brought together Democrats and Republicans and independents, joined by the simple fact that
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their first allegiance is as citizens of New York City.
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Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate who refused all calls to drop out of the race, even though
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everyone knew he had no chance, failing to secure even 10 percent of the vote.
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Still, for those like Bill Ackman, who blamed Sliwa for the Mamdani victory, it appears Mamdani
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will win with more votes than Cuomo and Sliwa combined.
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Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders, defining this moment as a reshaping of the Democrat Party.
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He has taken on the oligarchs in New York who have spent millions and millions of dollars
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So I think this young man deserves an enormous amount of credit for running a brilliant campaign.
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Radio host Hugh Hewitt on Fox News last night with a dark prediction.
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It's going to be a bad hangover for Democrats because Comrade Mamdani is not just a communist.
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And he is going to cause international incidents.
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I know it's hard to believe when 155,000 people work for the entire state government in New York,
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300,000 people work for Manhattan and the four other boroughs.
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So I'm telling you, it's a disaster that's going to unfold in real time.
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Republican Ari Fleischer predicting on Fox News every Democrat running in the midterms
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will now be saddled with the Mamdani problem as he taxes the rich,
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provides trans procedures to all on the taxpayer dime,
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and sends social workers to domestic violence calls.
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In New Jersey, Democrat Congresswoman Mikey Sherrill beating New Jersey businessman Jack Chattarelli with ease.
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Despite Chattarelli appearing to close the gap in the final weeks of the race,
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Sherrill's strategy of tying her opponent closely to President Trump worked to her advantage.
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showing a margin of error battle in multiple surveys ahead of Election Day,
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This was a tough fight, and this is a tough state.
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We know that no one in our great state is safe when our neighbors are targeted,
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Liberty alone is not enough if the government makes it impossible for you to feed your family,
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So in this country, that shouldn't be too much to ask.
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Here in New Jersey, we know that this nation has not ever been, nor will it ever be, ruled by kings.
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Jack Chattarelli delivering his closing remarks.
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Listen, guys, nobody is more disappointed than I am.
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But I'm proud of the efforts of my team that are here tonight.
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As John F. Kennedy once said, life's not always fair.
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I'm proud of the message we communicated each and every day.
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It is my hope that Mikey Sherrill has heard us in terms of what we need to do to make New Jersey that place
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where everybody can once again feel they can achieve their American dream.
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Coming up, a big night for Dems, a look at Virginia, California, and Minneapolis.
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Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton is back as Tommy Norris and managing higher stakes than ever before.
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It features an all-star cast, including Academy Award nominees Demi Moore, Andy Garcia, and Sam Elliott.
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In the wake of his former boss's passing, tensions come to a head as Tommy and Demi Moore's character,
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Cammie Miller, struggle to maintain control of EmTech's oil.
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And with his father, played by Sam Elliott, coming back into his life,
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Tommy must juggle both of his roles as an oil man and a family man as pressure builds and his worlds collide.
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It didn't take long in Virginia, Decision Desk HQ making the call at 7.19 p.m.,
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projecting Democrat Abigail Spanberger as the next governor with only a sliver of the votes counted.
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Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia,
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defeating Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl Sears to succeed outgoing Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin.
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Both the House of Delegates and the state Senate will remain under Democrat control,
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meaning Virginia is a solid blue state for the next two years.
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Spanberger striking a centrist tone in her victory remarks tonight, focusing largely on economics and unity.
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We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025,
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The lieutenant governor's story, her military service,
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and her years of service here in Virginia deserve our respect and our gratitude.
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And I ask that you join me in wishing her and her family well.
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And to those Virginians who did not vote for me,
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I want you to know that my goal and my intent is to serve all Virginians.
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We are going to work to lower costs of renting, buying, or staying in your home.
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We're going to crack down on predatory pharmaceutical practices and surprise billing.
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We are going to take politics out of our schools.
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As for her promise to take politics out of schools,
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Spanberger during the campaign dodging questions on boys and girls sports and locker rooms on the campaign trail,
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responding with vague answers about local decision making,
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sidestepping the issue, allowing mainstream media to brand Spanberger as the model Democrat.
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Spanberger's win coming even as her party dealt with a serious controversy stemming from shocking texts sent in 2022 by Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones.
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In the messages made public in a report by National Review,
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he wrote that he wished then-Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert in Virginia would get, quote,
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and later expressed a wish that Gilbert's children would die in their mother's arms so that the lawmaker might reconsider his policies.
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Jones winning the Attorney General race by about five points.
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And I want to thank every Virginian tonight who's placed their trust in me.
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But at the end of the day, this election has never been about me or my opponent.
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It has always been about every single one of us and the future of Virginia.
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In California, Prop 50, a ballot measure tossing out the state's Independent Redistricting Commission
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in order to redraw congressional maps in a manner heavily favoring Democrats,
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locking in more blue seats through the 2030 election cycle,
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a move that could directly affect who controls the U.S. House of Representatives,
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voters deciding to support Governor Gavin Newsom's gerrymandering effort.
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In Minneapolis, a closely-watched mayoral race between incumbent Jacob Fry,
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who got outflanked to his left by 35-year-old Somali-American Omar Fateh,
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whose rallies at times looked like they were literally taking place in Somalia.
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This one locked in a close matchup as the ranked-choice ballot counting continues into the night.
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We'll have in-depth coverage of what all of this means for America on The Megyn Kelly Show.
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