Where Eric Adams Built His Commanding Lead in the NYC Mayoral Race

June 23, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (31.7%) moved out to a commanding lead among 13 Democratic mayoral candidates in New York City, spurred on by support in the Bronx, Staten Island and the outer regions of Brooklyn. Adams surged ahead of Maya Wiley (22.2%) and Kathryn Garcia (19.5%), based on voters’ first choices in unofficial results released on Election Night. Early frontrunner Andrew Yang conceded after capturing less than 12% of the first-round vote, leaving him a distant fourth.

The New York City Board of Elections will release ranked-choice voting results with additional absentee ballots in the coming weeks.

First-round vote leaders by Assembly District 👆

Eric Adams
Maya Wiley
Kathryn Garcia
Andrew Yang

Note: Data is unofficial election night results, and only reflects voters’ first choices. Data includes early voting and Election Day voting, but not absentee ballots, which will be reported at a later date.