Former police officer Eric Adams is the winner of the New York mayoral election, according to US press projections based on the poll, which showed the Democratic candidate with 66.9% of the vote when 75% of the total had been counted.
Adams, 61, was the big favorite in the race against Republican Curtis Sliwa, who even this partial had 27.8% of the vote, which, according to various media outlets, such as The New York Times, makes a reversal of the frame.
Sliwa even acknowledged his defeat in a speech at his campaign headquarters, in which he emphasized that the result does not mean he is giving up or surrendering.
With the confirmation of the polls, Adams, the current president of the Brooklyn district, will take office in January and will be only the second black mayor in the history of the metropolis – the first was David Dinkins, from 1990 to 1993.
The former policeman, who represents his party’s moderate wing, was projected to win because of the overwhelming majority of Democratic voters in the city – there are more than 3 million registered, against about 500,000 Republicans.
Adams reached the presidential race after winning the June Democratic primaries, when he got the better of the more progressive wing of the party, which in recent years had been gaining traction in New York with politicians like Congressmen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman.
The political veteran, state senator from 2006 to 2013 and president of the Brooklyn district since 2014, had as a campaign platform the fight against security problems and sought to identify with the common voter, insisting on his humble origins.
On Jan. 1, he will replace fellow Democrat Bill de Blasio, who has been in office for eight years.
Adams will have to deal with the various crises plaguing the largest city in the United States: from security to economic crisis, to homelessness, to the increase in people who were left homeless or who could be evicted within the next year due to lack of rent or mortgage payment.
Miami re-elects Cuban-born Republican mayor
Thousands of voters from cities in the southern state of Florida (USA) went to the polls on Tuesday (3) to elect mayors and city councilors.
In Miami, the 44-year-old Republican Francis Suarez, of Cuban origin, was re-elected as mayor with 79% of the votes, according to preliminary figures released by the Local 10 television network.
Suarez, who in addition to his first term in charge of the municipality, won in 2017, served two others as a commissioner and is the son of Xavier Suarez, former mayor of Miami, has managed to attract many technology companies to the city in recent years. His critics, however, allege that he has neglected some residents’ needs in his quest to turn the city into a hub of innovation.
“We don’t change our services to the common people of the city”, Suarez himself argued yesterday, noting that he tries to “guarantee the future of the young people”.
In neighboring Miami Beach, which is also part of Miami-Dade county, current Mayor Dan Gelber was re-elected, but with 62% of the votes, according to Local 10 broadcaster.
Boston must have Asian mayor
Democrat Michelle Wu is expected to become the first person of Asian origin in Boston City Hall, Massachusetts, according to projections from media outlets including the Associated Press and CNN on Tuesday.
Wu, the daughter of Taiwanese migrants, defeated fellow Democrat Annissa Essaibi-George, from the more moderate wing. It’s the first time that the city hasn’t elected a male and white mayor. Wu campaigned with a progressive platform that included advocating for a toll-free transit system.
Essaibi-George, who like Wu is a councilor, conceded defeat while a large number of votes still remained. “I want to congratulate Michelle Wu,” Essaibi-George told supporters on election night. “She is Boston’s first female and first Asian American elected mayor.”
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