2021 New York City primary results
This is the first time New York City has used ranked-choice voting to select a mayor, trading its old runoff system for one in which voters rank as many as five candidates. Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams was projected as the winner of the mayoral primary on Tuesday evening. Other positions, including comptroller and city council seats, will also be selected by ranked-choice voting. Related: New York City primary meltdown deals new setback to nation’s strained electoral system
New York City mayor
Four candidates were positioned as top contenders to lead America’s largest city in the closing days of the campaign: Brooklyn borough president and former police officer Eric Adams, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, liberal civil rights attorney Maya Wiley, and entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Crime has risen in New York, as it has in every major city since last summer, and Adams and Yang have derided the “defund the police” movement in their campaigns. The Republican race featured pundit and pro-police campaigner Curtis Sliwa.
Democratic primary results
Current leaders in ranked-choice vote allocation
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Adams Adams | 404,513 | 50.4% | ||
| Kathryn Garcia Garcia | 397,316 | 49.6% | ||
| Dianne Morales Morales | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Raymond McGuire McGuire | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Andrew Yang Yang | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Aaron Foldenauer Foldenauer | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Maya Wiley Wiley | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Paperboy Prince Prince | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Shaun Donovan Donovan | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Joycelyn Taylor Taylor | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Isaac Wright Wright | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Art Chang Chang | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Scott Stringer Stringer | 0 | 0.0% | ||
First-choice votes
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Adams Adams | 289,403 | 30.8% | ||
| Maya Wiley Wiley | 201,127 | 21.4% | ||
| Kathryn Garcia Garcia | 184,463 | 19.6% | ||
| Andrew Yang Yang | 115,130 | 12.2% | ||
| Scott Stringer Stringer | 51,778 | 5.5% | ||
| Dianne Morales Morales | 26,495 | 2.8% | ||
| Raymond McGuire McGuire | 25,242 | 2.7% | ||
| Shaun Donovan Donovan | 23,167 | 2.5% | ||
| Aaron Foldenauer Foldenauer | 7,742 | 0.8% | ||
| Art Chang Chang | 7,048 | 0.7% | ||
| Paperboy Prince Prince | 3,964 | 0.4% | ||
| Joycelyn Taylor Taylor | 2,662 | 0.3% | ||
| Isaac Wright Wright | 2,242 | 0.2% | ||
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| 940,463 votes reported from 100% of precincts. | ||||
Republican primary results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Sliwa Sliwa | 40,794 | 70.9% | ||
| Fernando Mateo Mateo | 16,719 | 29.1% | ||
| 57,513 votes reported from 100% of precincts. | ||||
New York City comptroller
Democratic candidates hoping to become the city’s chief financial officer include City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, City Councilman Brad Lander, state Senators Brian Benjamin and Kevin Parker, and state Assemblyman David Weprin. The current comptroller, Scott Stringer, is running for mayor.
Democratic primary results
Current leaders in ranked-choice vote allocation
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Lander Lander | 340,944 | 51.9% | ||
| Corey Johnson Johnson | 315,649 | 48.1% | ||
| Zach Iscol Iscol | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Kevin Parker Parker | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Alex Pan Pan | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| David Weprin Weprin | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Brian Benjamin Benjamin | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Terri Liftin Liftin | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Caruso-Cabrera | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Reshma Patel Patel | 0 | 0.0% | ||
First-choice votes
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Lander Lander | 268,064 | 30.9% | ||
| Corey Johnson Johnson | 195,025 | 22.5% | ||
| Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Caruso-Cabrera | 117,134 | 13.5% | ||
| Brian Benjamin Benjamin | 66,276 | 7.7% | ||
| David Weprin Weprin | 62,641 | 7.2% | ||
| Kevin Parker Parker | 49,555 | 5.7% | ||
| Reshma Patel Patel | 45,601 | 5.3% | ||
| Zach Iscol Iscol | 27,756 | 3.2% | ||
| Alex Pan Pan | 24,266 | 2.8% | ||
| Terri Liftin Liftin | 9,978 | 1.2% | ||
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| 866,296 votes reported from 100% of precincts. | ||||
Republican primary results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daby Carreras Carreras | 0 | 0% | ||
| Uncontested | ||||
| No results reported. | ||||
Manhattan district attorney
Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who is not running for reelection, has used the office to investigate former president Donald Trump’s financial dealings. Democratic candidates include state prosecutor Alvin Bragg, former federal prosecutor and self-funder Tali Farhadian Weinstein and Tahanie Aboushi, who is running as an outsider seeking to rein in the office. The race is not subject to ranked-choice voting.
Democratic primary results
Bragg is projected to win. 100 percent of precincts are reporting.
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Bragg Bragg | 85,720 | 34.3% | ||
| Tali Farhadian Weinstein Farhadian Weinstein | 76,892 | 30.7% | ||
| Tahanie Aboushi Aboushi | 27,458 | 11.0% | ||
| Lucy Lang Lang | 18,910 | 7.6% | ||
| Diana Florence Florence | 12,246 | 4.9% | ||
| Elizabeth Crotty Crotty | 11,453 | 4.6% | ||
| Eliza Orlins Orlins | 10,610 | 4.2% | ||
| Dan Quart Quart | 6,984 | 2.8% | ||
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| 250,273 votes reported from 100% of precincts. | ||||
Republican primary results
Kenniff has won unopposed.
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Kenniff Kenniff | 0 | 0% | ||
| Uncontested | ||||
| No results reported. | ||||
New York City Council
Current leaders in ranked-choice vote allocation shown where applicable.