FACT CHECK · US POLITICS
Claim: Cuomo lost by the exact margin Sliwa got
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Close, not exact. Certified 2025 result: Mamdani 50.8%, Cuomo 41.3%, Sliwa 7.0%. Cuomo lost by 9.5 points, more than Sliwa's 7. With every Sliwa vote Cuomo would still trail by about 54,000 votes.
Votes: Mamdani 1,114,184; Cuomo 906,614; Sliwa 153,749 of 2,194,204. Election-night shares (50.4/41.6/7.1) moved as late ballots were added.
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