Adams Leading, Wiley Runner-Up in NYC Mayoral Primary
As the New York primary election’s polls closed Tuesday, 83 percent of polls reported that Democratic candidate for mayor, Eric Adams, led by a nine percent margin in the first round of the new ranked-choice voting system.
Adams is the Brooklyn borough president, and he previously served as a state senator. He is also a retired law enforcement officer. At the time of this publication, Adams is leading the Democratic slate, with 31.7 percent of votes (253,234). Former Counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Maya Wiley, is coming in second, with 22.3 percent (177,722) votes counted so far for her. Kathryn Garcia, who resigned as sanitation commissioner last fall, came in third, reaching 19.5 percent (155,812) of all voters.
Andrew Yang trailed with 11.7 percent (93,291). Yang, an entrepreneur and former presidential candidate dropped out of the race this week when he ascertained his early lead plummeted to fourth place.
For the Republican primary for mayor, American activist Curtis Silwa attained 71.9 percent (36,872), beating businessman Dominican-American Fernando Mateo of 28.1 percent (14,392).
The other four ranked choices are given a June 29 counting deadline. Ranked-choice will determine the winner if no candidate receives the majority of ballots. Once arrived and accounted for, absentee ballots might alter numbers, requiring the ranked-choice voting system to determine the final winner.
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