Manhattan District Attorney 2021: Alvin Bragg Holds Lead

Upper West Side NY

22 June, 2021

10:27 PM

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MANHATTAN, NY — Alvin Bragg is leading Tali Farhadian Weinstein in the Manhattan District Attorney Democratic primary race as Tuesday night comes to a close. With 98 percent of the reporting as of Wednesday morning, Bragg is leading with 33.8 percent of the vote, compared to Weinstein's 30.5 percent, according to the New York City Board of Elections. The Manhattan District Attorney's race is the only New York City 2021 election that is not deploying ranked-choice voting — meaning there most likely will be a winner announced in the coming days. While the race has not been called, Bragg declared victory in the race Tuesday night. As predicted by most people close to the race, Bragg and Weinstein separated themselves from the six other candidates competing in the Democratic primary. Bragg leads Weinstein by roughly 7,000 votes. Here's the full breakdown of the vote. Alvin Bragg: 33.8 percentTali Weinstein: 30.5 percentTahanie Aboushi: 11.3 percentLucy Lang: 7.6 percentDiana Florence: 5.3 percentElizabeth Crotty: 4.4 percentElizabeth Orlins: 4.4 percentDan Quart 2.6 percent Thomas Kenniff will advance to the November election as the lone Republican candidate running for the Manhattan District Attorney position. Full Patch survey with Thomas Kenniff Here's more information about all the candidates who competed in Tuesday night's Manhattan District Attorney election. Eliza OrlinLucy LangTali Farhadian WeinsteinAlvin BraggTahanie AboushiDan QuartLiz Crotty