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The 2021 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 2, 2021. The incumbent, Jumaane Williams, was re-elected.[1] Williams defeated Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil, a physician running on the Republican party line in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Primary election results

2021 New York City Public Advocate Primary Results[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jumaane Williams (incumbent) 572,762 70.0%
Democratic Anthony Herbert 173,858 21.2%
Democratic Theo Chino 64,053 7.8%
Write-in 8,049 1.0%
Total votes 818,722 100.0%

Republican Party

Candidate

Endorsements

Devi Nampiaparampil

Working Families Party

Candidate

Declared

  • Jumaane Williams Petitions to be on the Working Families Party line were disqualified by the Board of Elections.[8]

General election

Candidates

  • Devi Nampiaparampil (Save Our City)
  • Theo Chino (Black Woman Lead) Petitions to be on the Black Woman Lead Party line were disqualified by the Board of Elections.
  • Theo Chino (Love) Petitions to be on the Love Party line were disqualified by the Board of Elections.
  • Devin W. Balkind (Libertarian)

[9]

Results

General election results[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jumaane Williams (incumbent) 744,183 68.4% -9.4
Republican Devi Nampiaparampil 250,823 23.1% +6.1
Save Our City Devi Nampiaparampil 3,668 0.3%
Total Devi Nampiaparampil 254,491 23.4%
Conservative Anthony Herbert 64,544 5.9% +2.9
Independent Anthony Herbert 9,399 0.9%
Total Anthony Herbert 73,943 6.8%
Libertarian Devin W. Balkind 14,352 1.3% -0.7
Write-in 1701 0.2% 0.0
Total votes 1,088,670 100%

References

  1. ^ "2021 Public Advocate General Election Results Recap" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Rivoli, Dan; Greene, Leonard (January 4, 2019). "NYC Public advocate candidate detained after heckling mayor on transit fares". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Smith, Rachel Holliday (October 12, 2021). "Not Just the Mayor: NYC's Other City- and Borough-Wide Seats in November's Election". The City. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "New York City Public Advocate Primary Election Results". The New York Times. June 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Primary Official Ranked Choice Rounds" (PDF). Board of Elections in the City of New York. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Rivoli, Dan; Greene, Leonard (January 4, 2019). "NYC Public advocate candidate detained after heckling mayor on transit fares". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Endorsement: Dr Devi Nampiaparampil for NYC Public Advocate". nyyrc.com. New York Young Republican Club. October 13, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Williams, Lander, Cabán knocked off Working Families Party Ballot Line". politicsny.com. April 21, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "RECORD OF NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION". Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Statement and Return Report for Certification, General Election 2021" (PDF). New York City Board of Elections. November 29, 2021.
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