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The 2021 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 2, 2021. The incumbent, Jumaane Williams, was re-elected. [1] Williams defeated Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil, a physician running on the Republican party line in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jumaane Williams (incumbent) | 572,762 | 70.0% | |
Democratic | Anthony Herbert | 173,858 | 21.2% | |
Democratic | Theo Chino | 64,053 | 7.8% | |
Write-in | 8,049 | 1.0% | ||
Total votes | 818,722 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jumaane Williams (incumbent) | 744,183 | 68.4% | −9.4 | |
Republican | Devi Nampiaparampil | 250,823 | 23.1% | +6.1 | |
Save Our City | Devi Nampiaparampil | 3,668 | 0.3% | ||
Total | Devi Nampiaparampil | 254,491 | 23.4% | ||
Conservative | Anthony Herbert | 64,544 | 5.9% | +2.9 | |
Independent | Anthony Herbert | 9,399 | 0.9% | ||
Total | Anthony Herbert | 73,943 | 6.8% | ||
Libertarian | Devin W. Balkind | 14,352 | 1.3% | −0.7 | |
Write-in | 1701 | 0.2% | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 1,088,670 | 100% |
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