The “October surprise” is a firm part of US political folklore, a last-minute political bombshell that is said to indelibly alter the campaign in the days before a November national election. Some “surprises” have proved game-changing only in the minds of TV journalists,

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The remaining three candidates in the race for New York City mayor went airborne on Wednesday, with new TV ads promoting their campaigns.

With just 26 days left until New York City's mayoral election, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign is feeling confident after the new poll.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign Sunday, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmoil. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke ...

The newer voters are to the city, the likelier they are to support Zohran Mamdani. The split has shaped the race — and highlighted a potential strain on a Mamdani mayoralty.

New York politics have become increasingly polarized, with the mayoral election providing a test of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s influence and the politics he champions, as well as

New Orleans voters head to the polls to elect a new slate of city leaders, including a mayor to replace term-limited incumbent LaToya Cantrell, who faces federal corruption charges tied to an alleged affair with her bodyguard.

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only African-American mayor during the 1990s, died on Monday at the age of 93, police said.