2021 New York City mayoral election

2021 New York City mayoral election

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Nominee Eric Adams Curtis Sliwa
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Independent
Popular vote 753,801 312,385
Percentage 67.0% 27.8%

Adams:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Sliwa:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
     No data

Mayor before election

Bill de Blasio
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Eric Adams
Democratic

The 2021 New York City mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.

On June 22, 2021, the primary elections for the Democratic and Republican primaries were held. The 2021 primaries were the first New York City mayoral election primaries to use ranked-choice voting rather than the plurality voting of previous primaries.[1][2] On election night, Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa won the Republican primary with 67.9% of the vote, defeating New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers founder Fernando Mateo.[3] Brooklyn Borough President and former police officer Eric Adams had a lead on election night in the Democratic primary but did not reach 50% of the vote, meaning that ranked-choice voting would come into play.[4] In the final round of tabulation of the ranked-choice vote in the Democratic primary, Adams defeated former New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, 50.4%–49.6%.

In the general election, Adams handily defeated Sliwa with 67.0% of the vote to become the 110th mayor of New York City and the city's second black mayor, after David Dinkins.

  1. ^ Gilliland, Donald (July 16, 2021). "In NYC, ranked choice voting succeeded". TheHill.
  2. ^ Lewis, Rebecca (February 3, 2020). "How ranked-choice voting will work in New York City". City & State New York. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sliwa nominated was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Matthews, Karen (July 6, 2021). "Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race". AP News. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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