This is the electoral history of Eric Adams, the current Mayor of New York City. Previously, he was Brooklyn Borough President from 2013 to 2021, and a member of the New York State Senate from the 20th district from 2007 to 2013.
This is the electoral history of Eric Adams, the current Mayor of New York City. Previously, he was Brooklyn Borough President from 2013 to 2021, and a member of the New York State Senate from the 20th district from 2007 to 2013.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eric Adams | 70,000 | 93.3% | |
| Republican | Stephen A. Christopher | 5,000 | 6.7% | |
| Total votes | 75,000 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eric Adams (incumbent) | 51,598 | 92.2 | |
| Republican | Allan E. Romaguera | 4,352 | 7.8 | |
| Total votes | 55,950 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eric Adams (incumbent) | 81,110 | 95.7 | |
| Republican | Rose Laney | 2,683 | 3.2 | |
| Conservative | Brian Kelly | 938 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 84,731 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eric Adams | 251,247 | 74.84 | |
| Working Families | Eric Adams | 27,241 | 8.11 | |
| Total | Eric Adams (incumbent) | 278,488 | 82.95 | |
| Republican | Vito Bruno | 41,955 | 12.50 | |
| Conservative | Vito Bruno | 8,731 | 2.60 | |
| Total | Vito Bruno | 50,686 | 15.10 | |
| Reform | Benjamin G. Kissel | 6,017 | 1.79 | |
| Write-in | 521 | 0.12 | ||
| Total valid votes | 335,712 | 93.75 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 22,373 | 6.25 | ||
| Total votes | 358,085 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
The following table shows the official results of votes as counted in a series of rounds of instant runoffs. [3] Each voter could mark which candidates were the voter's first through fifth choices. In each round, the vote is counted for the most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Then one or more candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated. Two or more candidates will be eliminated in one round when those candidates' combined votes are less than the candidate immediately ahead of them. Votes that counted for an eliminated candidate are transferred to the voter's next most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Voters were allowed to mark five choices because of voting system limitations.
On June 29, the New York City Board of Elections became aware of a discrepancy in the unofficial results and subsequently posted in a tweet that both test and election night results were tallied together in an error, adding approximately 135,000 additional votes.
On July 6, after new vote tallies were released, Adams was declared the winner of the primary by the Associated Press.
| 2021 New York City mayoral Democratic primary election [3] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | ||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Eric Adams | 289,403 | 30.7% | 289,603 | 30.8% | 290,055 | 30.8% | 291,806 | 31.2% | 295,798 | 31.7% | 317,092 | 34.6% | 354,657 | 40.5% | 404,513 | 50.4% |
| Kathryn Garcia | 184,463 | 19.6% | 184,571 | 19.6% | 184,669 | 19.6% | 186,731 | 19.9% | 191,876 | 20.5% | 223,634 | 24.4% | 266,932 | 30.5% | 397,316 | 49.6% |
| Maya Wiley | 201,127 | 21.4% | 201,193 | 21.4% | 201,518 | 21.4% | 206,013 | 22.0% | 209,108 | 22.4% | 239,174 | 26.1% | 254,728 | 29.1% | Eliminated | |
| Andrew Yang | 115,130 | 12.2% | 115,301 | 12.2% | 115,502 | 12.3% | 118,808 | 12.6% | 121,597 | 13.0% | 135,686 | 14.8% | Eliminated | |||
| Scott Stringer | 51,778 | 5.5% | 51,850 | 5.5% | 51,951 | 5.5% | 53,599 | 5.7% | 56,723 | 6.1% | Eliminated | |||||
| Dianne Morales | 26,495 | 2.8% | 26,534 | 2.8% | 26,645 | 2.8% | 30,157 | 3.2% | 30,933 | 3.3% | Eliminated | |||||
| Raymond McGuire | 25,242 | 2.7% | 25,272 | 2.7% | 25,418 | 2.7% | 26,361 | 2.8% | 27,934 | 3.0% | Eliminated | |||||
| Shaun Donovan | 23,167 | 2.5% | 23,189 | 2.5% | 23,314 | 2.5% | 24,042 | 2.6% | Eliminated | |||||||
| Aaron Foldenauer | 7,742 | 0.8% | 7,758 | 0.8% | 7,819 | 0.8% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Art Chang | 7,048 | 0.7% | 7,064 | 0.8% | 7,093 | 0.8% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Paperboy Prince | 3,964 | 0.4% | 4,007 | 0.4% | 4,060 | 0.4% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Joycelyn Taylor | 2,662 | 0.3% | 2,683 | 0.3% | 2,780 | 0.3% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Isaac Wright Jr. | 2,242 | 0.2% | 2,254 | 0.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Write-ins | 1,568 | 0.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
| Inactive ballots | 0 ballots | 752 ballots | 1,207 ballots | 5,314 ballots | 8,062 ballots | 26,445 ballots | 65,714 ballots | 140,202 ballots | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Eric Adams | 676,481 | 66.14 | ||
| Republican | Curtis Sliwa | 284,517 | 27.82 | ||
| Independence | Curtis Sliwa | 8,610 | 0.84 | ||
| Animal Welfare | Curtis Sliwa [6] | ||||
| Total | Curtis Sliwa | 293,127 | 28.66 | ||
| Socialism and Liberation | Cathy Rojas | 24,995 | 2.44 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Pepitone | 11,668 | 1.14 | ||
| Empowerment | Quanda Francis | 3,462 | 0.34 | ||
| Libertarian | Stacey Prussman | 2,830 | 0.28 | ||
| Humanity United | Raja Flores | 2,155 | 0.21 | ||
| Save Our City | Fernando Mateo | 1,695 | 0.17 | ||
| Out Lawbreaker | Skiboky Stora | 250 | 0.02 | ||
| Write-in | 6,139 | 0.60 | |||
| Total votes | 1,022,802 | ||||
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