Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral election amid threats of federal funding cuts from President Donald Trump.

Voters across the country are headed to the polls this Election Day, with key races in New York City and New Jersey posing as a major test for both President Trump and the Democratic Party’s future. Affordability and the cost of living are top concerns for many voters.

Donald Trump has accused the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor of being a “Jew hater” and said any Jewish person who votes for him is “stupid.” The president wrote the post on Truth Social as millions of New Yorkers were heading to the polls on Election Day.

Former Gov. Jim McGreevey of New Jersey left office in 2004 amid a sex scandal. He is seeking political rebirth as mayor of Jersey City in a field of locally prominent candidates. If no one receives more than 50 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff.

It’s Election Day in Kansas and Missouri. Voters in the Kansas City area will decide key local government and school board races on the Kansas side and special ballot questions in Missouri.

CNN’s Jason Carroll spoke with some New Yorkers as they cast their ballots for mayor. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa are on the ballot in a city that saw record-breaking early voting.

Winfrey says the numbers mirror previous elections, and she anticipates 18 to 20% voter turnout for Tuesday's election. On Monday, Winfrey said that in addition to the 4,000 people who voted early, the city has received around 50,000 absentee ballots so far.