Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley placed second and third in the Democratic mayoral primary. Many New Yorkers hoped the glass ceiling would finally be broken. Source: New York Times
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Why Voters Favored Centrists in the New York City Mayor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2021
Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley both conceded to Eric Adams in the mayor’s race. Progressives had hoped that a left-leaning candidate would win. Source: New York Times
What to Expect From Tuesday’s Vote Tally in the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2021
The new results should include most of the roughly 125,000 Democratic absentee ballots that were not included in last week’s count. Source: New York Times
More Results Expected in the Mayor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2021
Two weeks after New York City residents cast ballots, elections officials are edging closer to a complete count. Source: New York Times
Absentee Ballots May Determine if Eric Adams Wins Mayor's Race
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2021
The tallying of more than 125,000 absentee ballots will determine whether Eric Adams retains his lead in the Democratic primary. Source: New York Times
In Chaotic Mayor’s Race, It’s All Down to the Absentee Ballots
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2021
The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, now a tight race among Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley, will be decided by absentee ballots. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Remains Tight With Adams Leading in Revised Tally
By Gotham Rex on June 30, 2021
Eric Adams kept his lead in a new tally of ranked-choice preferences, after the Board of Elections scrapped the results of an earlier count. Source: New York Times
Adams Still Leads Mayor’s Race but ‘Discrepancy’ Puts Vote in Disarray
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
After voters’ ranked choices were tabulated, Eric Adams led Kathryn Garcia by two percentage points in preliminary results, with nearly 125,000 absentee ballots still to be counted. Maya Wiley was in third. Source: New York Times
Dry Run for Ranked-Choice Count May Hint at How N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Ends
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
Absentee ballots won’t be included, but data to be released Tuesday could signal the way vote totals shift as the field is officially winnowed. Source: New York Times
How Maya Wiley or Kathryn Garcia Could Beat Eric Adams
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Under ranked-choice voting, it is mathematically possible for the second- and third-place finishers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to overtake the front-runner — but it will be tough. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Won Big Outside Manhattan in Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Runners-up Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia captured significant parts of the city, too, and it make take weeks to declare a winner. Source: New York Times
What We Learned from the NYC Mayoral Primary Election
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021
Eric Adams paced the field, while Maya Wiley was in second and Kathryn Garcia in third. Andrew Yang fizzled and dropped out of the race. Source: New York Times
Frenzied Battle for Votes in Final Hours of New York’s Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2021
Voters on Tuesday took part in the city’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, a system that may delay the declaration of a winner until mid-July. Source: New York Times
Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
New Yorkers are using a new voting system citywide for the first time, but in interviews, many seemed characteristically unfazed: “It’s real easy if people just learn how to read.” Source: New York Times
Wiley and Garcia Defend Election Process on Eve of Mayoral Primary
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
Maya Wiley called her rival Eric Adams’s bid to undermine confidence in ranked-choice voting “cynical, self-interested and dangerous.” Source: New York Times