2021 City Council campaign
In November 2020,Abreu announced his 2021 campaign to succeed the term-limited Levine in the City Council's 7th district,which covers Morningside Heights,Manhattan Valley,Hamilton Heights,and parts of Harlem and Washington Heights. [4] Garnering endorsements from Levine,U.S. Congressman Adriano Espaillat,and most of the city's major unions,Abreu was regarded as the frontrunner in the race. [5] [6]
Five of Abreu's eleven opponents –Maria Ordoñez,Stacy Lynch,Marti Allen-Cummings,Dan Cohen,and Corey Ortega –sought to counter this advantage through ranked-choice voting and formed a coalition,wherein each of the five candidates advised their own voters to rank the other four coalition members on their ballot. [7]
On election night on June 22,Abreu led the field with 27 percent of the vote,with four members of the opposing coalition coming in second through fifth. [8] When ranked-choice votes and absentee ballots were taken into account two weeks later,Abreu maintained his lead,with 63 percent of the vote to Ordoñez's 37 percent;Abreu formally declared victory on July 2,and his opponents conceded in the succeeding days. [9] [10] In the November general election,Abreu won with over 88% of the vote.
