2021 New York City mayoral election information

2021 New York City mayoral election
	Adams: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Sliwa: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50%; No data
Mayor before election; Bill de Blasio; Democratic	Elected Mayor ; Eric Adams; Democratic

The 2021 New York City mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.

On June 22, 2021, the primary elections for the Democratic and Republican primaries were held. The 2021 primaries were the first New York City mayoral election primaries to use ranked-choice voting rather than the plurality voting of previous primaries.^[1]^[2] On election night, Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa won the Republican primary with 67.9% of the vote, defeating New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers founder Fernando Mateo.^[3] Brooklyn Borough President and former police officer Eric Adams had a lead on election night in the Democratic primary but did not reach 50% of the vote, meaning that ranked-choice voting would come into play.^[4] In the final round of tabulation of the ranked-choice vote in the Democratic primary, Adams defeated former New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, 50.4%–49.6%.

In the general election, Adams handily defeated Sliwa with 67.0% of the vote to become the 110th mayor of New York City and the city's second black mayor, after David Dinkins.

^ Gilliland, Donald (July 16, 2021). "In NYC, ranked choice voting succeeded". TheHill.
^ Lewis, Rebecca (February 3, 2020). "How ranked-choice voting will work in New York City". City & State New York. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Sliwa nominated was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Matthews, Karen (July 6, 2021). "Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race". AP News. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

[1] Gilliland, Donald (July 16, 2021). "In NYC, ranked choice voting succeeded". TheHill.

[2] Lewis, Rebecca (February 3, 2020). "How ranked-choice voting will work in New York City". City & State New York. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[Sliwa_nominated-3] Cite error: The named reference Sliwa nominated was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Adams_nominated-4] Matthews, Karen (July 6, 2021). "Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race". AP News. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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