A new Suffolk University poll finds Andrew Cuomo has cut Zohran Mamandi’s lead in the New York City mayor’s race by 10 points, after trailing by 20 points in Suffolk’s September poll.

Mamdani leads Cuomo 44% to 34% ahead of the Nov. 4 election, with Curtis Sliwa in third place at 11%. Some 7% of voters surveyed were undecided.

David Graham: “Imagine for a moment that it’s late on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Republicans have kept their majority in the Senate, but too many House races are still uncalled to tell who has won that chamber. Control seems like it will come down to two districts in Maricopa County, Arizona.”

“ICE agents and National Guardsmen have been deployed there since that summer, ostensibly in response to criminal immigrants, though crime has been dropping for several years. The county is almost one-third Hispanic or Latino. Voting-rights advocates say the armed presence has depressed turnout, but nonetheless, the races are close. By that evening, the Republican candidates have small leads, but thousands of mail and provisional ballots remain uncounted.”

“Donald Trump calls the press into the Oval Office and announces that the GOP has held the House—but he warns that Democrats will try to steal the election, and announces plans to send a legal team to Arizona to root out fraud. He spends the rest of the night posting threats and allegations on Truth Social. In the morning, Republican lawyers file to stop vote counting, arguing that any votes counted after Election Day are illegal under federal law.”

“Virginia Democrats are bracing for the possibility of split-ticket results in the governor and attorney general races, which could pose a significant impact on policy and issues like redistricting,” The Hill reports.

Congressional Republicans have a “battle plan to weaponize” Zohran Mamdani as the new face of the Democratic Party in House battleground races, Axios reports.

“For years, Republicans made former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) their ‘bogeywoman,’ consistently using her in attack ads to rile up the base.”

“With Pelosi out of the spotlight, GOP strategists are testing new symbols of the party’s left, and hope Mamdani will fill that void.”