President Donald Trump remarked on "60 Minutes" about potentially cutting federal funding to New York City if Zohran Mamdani won Tuesday's mayoral election.

The nation’s biggest city will pick its next mayor on Tuesday in an election that has sparked debate over the future of the Democratic Party. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assembly member and democratic socialist who jolted the party with his victory in the New York City primary in June,

Giovanni Lanzo is “still tossed up” about the mayor’s race – that’s Brooklyn for undecided. But he understands the stakes.

Donald Trump has boasted that he is “much better-looking” than Zohran Mamdani, the young Democratic frontrunner for New York City mayor.

The city Board of Elections said in 2025, 735,317 people had checked in at poll sites early to vote for a new mayor.

As the only gubernatorial races held in the year following a presidential election, the contests have long served as the first major test of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House. In every race for governor since 1973, one or both states have elected a governor from a party different than that of the sitting president.

ABC News is taking a look at the 2026 midterms, now just one year away. From New York and New Jersey to California, millions of Americans are voting this fall in multiple states, in several notable local and statewide elections for the first time since last November's presidential race.

By Bo Erickson (Reuters) -Voters in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California will cast ballots on Tuesday for a mayor, two governors and a redistricting measure - early tests of Democratic and Republican strategies ahead of next year's congressional midterm election.