NEW YORK — Eric Adams’ lead in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary race shrunk drastically after ranked-choice tabulations were released Tuesday — with Kathryn Garcia trailing him by fewer than 16,000 votes, meaning the yet-to-be-counted absentee ballots will likely determine the winner.
After 11 rounds of ranked-choice counting, Adams held a 15,908-vote — or 2.2% — lead over Garcia, according to unofficial results released by the Board of Elections surveying all in-person votes cast in the race. Maya Wiley, the only other major contender left in the race, was eliminated in the 10th round.
Still, the results are not certified, and more than 130,000 absentee ballots cast in the June 22 election have yet to be counted. Absentee ballot results are not expected until July 6 at the earliest.
Ahead of Tuesday’s ranked-choice counts, Adams led the race decisively, having received 31.7% of first-place votes, with Wiley, his then-closet challenger, clinching 22.3%.
