Moments after Zohran Mamdani was projected to win New York City’s mayoral election on Tuesday night (November 4), NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo was forced to announce the news live on air in his role as anchor. He then pivoted to give his thoughts on why his brother, Andrew Cuomo, lost the vote.

News anchor Chris Cuomo covered his brother’s crushing mayoral election loss live on air — forced to admit that his bro is not what voters “want.” The former star CNN host had largely avoided covering the failed campaign of his brother,

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo co-anchored the network's live election night coverage on Tuesday and was on hand when the New York mayoral race was called for state Rep. Zohran Mamdani. The post Chris Cuomo Covers Brother’s Election Loss on Live TV: ‘I Wanted My Brother to Win’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The former New York governor faces Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Trump’s response: Blame the shutdown, not me! The president kicked off a breakfast with Senate Republicans at the White House on Wednesday morning by reminding everyone of his “big beautiful victory” one year ago, then acknowledging that last night was bad for the GOP.

As election results rolled in on Tuesday night, Cuomo’s supporters packed the Ziegfeld Ballroom and made contingency plans for a Mamdani mayorship.

Zohran Mamdani got elected as the new mayor of New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim and youngest to hold the post in over a century. Donald Trump has warned Republicans that the Democrats in power would be a ‘bad situation’.