After voters’ ranked choices were tabulated, Eric Adams led Kathryn Garcia by two percentage points in preliminary results, with nearly 125,000 absentee ballots still to be counted. Maya Wiley was in third. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Elections, Mayors”
Dry Run for Ranked-Choice Count May Hint at How N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Ends
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
Absentee ballots won’t be included, but data to be released Tuesday could signal the way vote totals shift as the field is officially winnowed. Source: New York Times
What Does Eric Adams, Working-Class Champion, Mean for the Democrats?
By Gotham Rex on June 26, 2021
Mr. Adams, who ran a campaign focused on appealing to blue-collar Black and Latino voters, said America does not want “fancy candidates.” Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Hasn’t Won Yet, but He’s Already Planning an Early Transition
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2021
Mr. Adams, who leads the Democratic mayoral primary, said a rise in gun violence and the ongoing pandemic should speed up the transition to before the November general election. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Promises to ‘Show America How to Run a City’
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
Mr. Adams, who is leading in the mayoral primary, laid out a middle road between progressive and conservative approaches to policing. Source: New York Times
How India Walton Pulled It Off in the Buffalo Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
Ms. Walton, 38, a democratic socialist who has never held political office, defeated Byron Brown, a four-term incumbent. Source: New York Times
How Maya Wiley or Kathryn Garcia Could Beat Eric Adams
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Under ranked-choice voting, it is mathematically possible for the second- and third-place finishers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to overtake the front-runner — but it will be tough. Source: New York Times
How Adams Built a Diverse Coalition That Put Him Ahead in the Mayor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Eric Adams has a significant lead in the New York City mayor’s race thanks to his support from a traditional Democratic coalition of unions and Black and Latino voters. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Won Big Outside Manhattan in Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Runners-up Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia captured significant parts of the city, too, and it make take weeks to declare a winner. Source: New York Times
What We Learned from the NYC Mayoral Primary Election
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Eric Adams paced the field, while Maya Wiley was in second and Kathryn Garcia in third. Andrew Yang fizzled and dropped out of the race. Source: New York Times
Frenzied Battle for Votes in Final Hours of New York’s Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2021
Voters on Tuesday took part in the city’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, a system that may delay the declaration of a winner until mid-July. Source: New York Times
AOC Endorsed Maya Wiley, Ranked Scott Stringer Second
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2021
She also criticized Eric Adams, calling him “very Trumpian.” Source: New York Times
After voting, Eric Adams leans into his appeal to working-class New Yorkers.
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2021
‘I slept like a baby,’ he told supporters as he began a tour of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
New Yorkers are using a new voting system citywide for the first time, but in interviews, many seemed characteristically unfazed: “It’s real easy if people just learn how to read.” Source: New York Times
Wiley and Garcia Defend Election Process on Eve of Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
Maya Wiley called her rival Eric Adams’s bid to undermine confidence in ranked-choice voting “cynical, self-interested and dangerous.” Source: New York Times