New York City (AFP) - Progressive Democrat Bill de Blasio has been elected mayor of New York City, replacing billionaire Michael Bloomberg, US media reported Tuesday.
"Thank you, New York City," de Blasio's campaign tweeted just after the close of polls, together with a photo showing the presumed winner together with his wife and two children.
The 52-year-old will succeed Bloomberg in January at the helm of the United States' largest city.
De Blasio promises a new style in a city transformed by 12 years of tough love under Bloomberg, who is stepping down after a record three terms.
He is one of the most progressive politicians in the country and left Republican rival Joe Lhota trailing in the dust by tapping into the worries of the economically vulnerable middle class.
In other elections, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was reelected by a wide margin Tuesday, US media reported, making him a 2016 presidential hopeful for his Republican Party.
Christie, 51, who has led his state since January 2010, garnered 48.5 percent of the vote against Democratic rival Jon Corzine back in 2009.
This time around, according to the New York Times, Christie won "decisively" against rival Barbara Buono. He fared better with women, blacks and Hispanics, all groups Republicans are keen to court.
Meanwhile in the Virginia governor's race, US networks projected Democrat Terry McAuliffe had eked out a narrow victory late Tuesday, in a contest which could have major implications for the 2016 presidential election.
McAuliffe's victory -- with 95 percent of precincts reporting, he was ahead 47.2 percent to 46 percent -- marks a stinging defeat for Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general whose campaign was backed by the Tea Party, the conservative movement that has been in the nation's political spotlight for its small-government, anti-tax positions.
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