Obama backs Manchin’s voting rights compromise proposal – as it happened
by Sam Levin (now) and Amanda Holpuch (earlier) from on (#5KAXW)
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New York City's contentious mayoral primary campaign is coming to a close, with voters heading to the polls tomorrow to choose the Democratic nominee, who is expected to become the next mayor in the November general election.
The former presidential candidate Andrew Yang was initially a frontrunner in the race to be New York's next mayor, but recent polls have shown that he has slipped.
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