Eric Adams projected winner of NYC Democratic mayoral primary

Eric Adams.
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Eric Adams is the winner of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, The Associated Press projected on Tuesday night.

Adams, 60, is the Brooklyn borough president and a former police captain. The primary, held on June 22, was the first to use ranked choice voting. There are still some ballots left to be counted, but the latest tabulations released by the New York City Board of Elections on Tuesday show Adams received enough votes where the second place finisher, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, won't be able to catch up, AP reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.