Trump admits election day was 'not good for Republicans' as Mamdani and Newsom celebrate big wins
The Democrats celebrated multiple victories overnight
Donald Trump has conceded election day was "not good for Republicans' as the Democrats celebrated a number of victories across the country overnight.
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The admission comes after Zohran Mamdani won the race to become mayor of New York City, beating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
Mamdani, 34, will become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office in January.
The Democrats also won governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states electing new chief executives this year.
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They also swept a trio of state Supreme Court contests in swing-state Pennsylvania and ballot measures from Colorado to Maine.
Reacting to the developments on Wednesday, President Trump said: "It was, you know, not expected to be a victory.
"It was very Democrat areas, but I don't think it was good for Republicans. I don't think it was good I'm not sure it was good for anybody."
He previously took to social media in the wake of Mamdani's victory, writing: "…AND SO IT BEGINS!"
Mamdani, who will also become New York City's first Muslim mayor, addressed the leader of the country head-on in his victory speech.
He said: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.
"If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
Mamdani later added: "The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said 'I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity'."
Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Mamdani's most prominent backers, said New Yorkers would fight back.
"We're going to stand up to bullies and thugs in the White House," she told reporters.
There is also the question of how Mamdani will deal with Trump, who threatened to take over the city and to arrest and deport him if he won.
Mamdani was born in Uganda, where he spent his early childhood, but was raised in New York City and became a US citizen in 2018.