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Former NYPD officer Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City after updated vote tallies gave him a narrow lead over former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia.
Adams led Garcia 50.5% to 49.5% when the Associated Press called the race, a full point closer than last Wednesday’s results. The city’s Board of Elections the day before had mistakenly counted approximately 135,000 invalid ballots, though the original incorrect results mirrored those released Wednesday.
The election is the first in New York City’s history to use ranked choice voting, which allows voters to rank up to five of their preferred candidates in order instead of selecting just one. As the additional rounds were tallied, Adams went from being ahead of the field by over 9% beating Garcia by just 8,426 votes.
Eric Adams Projected to Win Democratic Nomination for NYC Mayor: AP With more than 100,000 absentee ballots now added to the previous count, Adams declared victory after Tuesday s numbers showed him with a lead of just over 8,000 over Kathryn Garcia.
Published July 6, 2021 •
Updated 2 hours ago
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams proclaimed victory in the race for the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor, with the Associated Press projecting him the winner
More than 100,000 absentee ballots were included in Tuesday s primary results update from the NYC Board of Elections, and the latest results showed Adams with a lead of about 8,400 over Kathryn Garcia
Eric Adams will win Democratic primary for NYC mayor, CNN projects
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintains a narrow lead in newly released NYC mayoral voting results. Adams is seen here at a Get Out the Vote rally in New York City on June 21.
By Ethan Cohen and Gregory Krieg, CNN
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, CNN projects, following the latest ranked-choice count of primary voters, a tally that for the first time included the lion’s share of nearly 126,000 absentee ballots cast.