Eric Adams Wins in Landslide Defeating Sliwa by More than 2:1

Republican Voter Turnout Was Strong on Long Island, but not in NYC

November 3, 2021 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Moderate Democrat Eric Adams sailed to victory Tuesday to become NYC's second African American Mayor. Democrat David Dinkins was the first. With 78% of the precincts reporting Adams won 676,481 votes to Sliwa's 293,127.

Democrat Jumaane Williams was re-elected Public Advocate, garnering 598,810 votes which was nearly 69% of the total, with 93% of the scanners reporting.

Progressive Democrat Brad Lander won the NYC Comptroller position, winning 604,000 of the votes, or 70% of the vote with 93% of the scanners counted.

And Democrat Alvin Bragg won the Manhattan District Attorney office, garnering 183,000 votes or 83% of the total.

Four of the five Borough Presidencies were won by Democrats. In Manhattan Mark Levine handily won the borough presidency with 181,000 votes or 85% of the total, with 93% of scanners counted. In Queens Donovan Richards handily won re-election, winning 160,000 votes or 66% of the total, with 79% of the precincts reporting. In Brooklyn Antonio Reynoso also won handily, winning 217,000 votes or 73% of the total, with 78% of the precincts reporting. In the Bronx Vanessa Gibson took in 80,000 votes which was 80% of the total, with 72% of the precincts reporting.

And on Staten Island, the only Republican to win a Borough Presidency, Vito Fossella, won 60,000 votes or 60% of the total, with 87% of the precincts reporting.

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Eric Adams Wins in Landslide Defeating Sliwa by More than 2:1

Republican Voter Turnout Was Strong on Long Island, but not in NYC

November 3, 2021 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC. Continued.

On Long Island, incumbent Nassau County Executive Democrat Laura Curran [123,317], is trailing Republican Bruce Blakeman [135,128] by 11,811 votes, with 94% of the precincts reporting. That implies only 16,496 votes are left to tally, although there are still the absentee / mail in ballots to be counted, so Curran has not yet conceded.

Democrat Steve Bellone continues as the Suffolk County Executive having been re-elected in 2019. He is serving his third and final term which ends with 2023.

In the New Jersey Governor's race, Democrat Phil Murphy is in a photo finish race with Republican Jack Ciattarelli. At present, with an estimated 88% of the vote counted, Murphy is behind by 1,193 votes out of a total of 2.4 million votes. Absentee ballots will make up a significant portion of what's left to count, and historically those have gone Democratic.

Lastly, the ethnic and gender composition of the NYC City Council is going to change dramatically next year. We highlighted this impending change following the primaries, when most of the NYC City Coucil races were decided in the Democratic primary. Here's a link to the NYC City Council Primary Election Results 2021 in June, where women won a majority of the Democratic Party candidate spots.