New York City voters cast more ballots for Governor Kathy Hochul on Election Day than they did for Mayor Zohran Mamdani in last year's mayoral race, according to post-election statistics. Hochul secured over 1.5 million votes across the five boroughs, a notable increase from the 1.1 million votes Mamdani received when he won the mayoral election.
Hochul, a Democrat, cruised to re-election with more than 76% of the vote in New York City. Her Republican opponent, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, garnered 468,543 votes in the city, representing 23.7% of the total, based on unofficial tallies from the Board of Elections.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, had won his first mayoral election with 50.8% of the vote in 2025. The statistics suggest that former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, may have siphoned some votes in that race.
Statewide, Hochul received approximately 3.5 million votes, or nearly 60% of the vote, while Blakeman secured just over 2.4 million votes, accounting for more than 40% of the ballots cast.
During the campaign, Blakeman criticized Hochul, linking her and Mamdani to issues such as crime, rising prices, and utility costs in New York. He had narrowed the gap to within 6 percentage points of Hochul in September polls, but the margin widened by Election Day in the predominantly Democratic state.