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Austin Beutner launches bid to unseat Karen Bass in LA mayoral race  Politico Former LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner expected to announce run against Mayor Karen Bass  ABC7 Los Angeles Austin Beutner expected to challenge Karen Bass for mayor in 2026  NBC Los Angeles Former schools chief Austin Beutner plans to challenge Bass, blasting her over Palisades fire  Los Angeles Times Former LAUSD Superintendent Austin …

New Orleans AP  —  New Orleans City Council member Helena Moreno was elected mayor Saturday in the race to succeed LaToya Cantrell, who is ending a turbulent second term shadowed by federal corruption charges. Moreno, 48, secured an outright victory with 55% of the vote with all precincts reporting, according to preliminary results from the Louisiana secretary of state. The …

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani marked two years since the Oct. 7 attacks with a statement Tuesday that prompted the Israeli government to denounce him. From the start of his campaign, the Queens assemblyman has been consistent — calling for the return of the hostages and mourning those who lost their lives on the day of the attack …

N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Move to Capitalize on Adams’s Departure  The New York Times Eric Adams ends reelection campaign  Politico What Eric Adams Has Said as an Outspoken Mayor of New York City  The New York Times Andrew Cuomo sees hope in NYC mayor’s race after Eric Adams’ departure. Zohran Mamdani sees Trump’s fingerprints  CNN Eric Adams drops out of New York mayoral race  NBC News …

Andrew Cuomo, the former governor running as an independent for mayor, is one step closer to a head-to-head matchup with Zohran Mamdani after Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday he was ending his longshot reelection campaign. Now, anti-Mamdani forces are expected to pressure Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, to also drop out of the race. By Sunday night, those efforts were …

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced he’s dropping out of the race, just over a month before Election Day. In recent weeks, President Trump and New …

The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, announced on Sunday that he is abandoning his faltering bid to win re-election, just over a month before election day, delivering the message in a social media video set to the strains of My Way. Adams, who was trailing in the polls, was elected as a Democrat but ran for re-election as …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is dropping his third-party bid for re-election, narrowing the field for November’s election. “Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my re-election campaign,” Adams said in a video posted to X. “The constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars have …

Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is calling on Sinclair Broadcast Group to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s show on KOMO-TV. On Thursday, Wilson announced in front of KOMO Plaza—which houses the studios of KOMO-TV—that she will not participate in the October 8 debate at Seattle University, co-hosted by KOMO, unless Sinclair reverses its decision to pull Kimmel’s program from its stations. She …

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York  —  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday endorsed New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, saying she was confident he had “courage, urgency and optimism” despite their differences. Hochul’s endorsement, published in The New York Times, makes her the latest high-profile Democrat and the most powerful in the state to back the …