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2021 Manhattan District Attorney election

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The 2021 Manhattan District Attorney election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the Manhattan District Attorney. The incumbent, Cyrus Vance Jr., had announced in March 2021 that he would not seek a fourth term.[1]

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2021 Manhattan District Attorney election

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Candidate Alvin Bragg Thomas Kenniff
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 211,686 41,211
Percentage 83.6% 16.3%

Bragg:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Kenniff:      50–60%
Tie:      50%      No votes

District Attorney before election

Cyrus Vance Jr.
Democratic

Elected District Attorney

Alvin Bragg
Democratic

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The Democratic primary election was held on June 22, 2021. Despite the introduction of ranked-choice voting for other elected positions in New York City, this race used plurality voting, as it is a state position, rather than a city position.[2]

A key issue in the election was which candidate would be best equipped to criminally prosecute or civilly sue former President Donald Trump.[3][4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Janos Marton, civil rights attorney[5] (endorsed Bragg)[6]

Endorsements

Endorsements
Tahanie Aboushi

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Local officials

State senators

State assemblymembers

Individuals

Organizations

Labor unions

Alvin Bragg

Federal legislators

State senators

State assemblymembers

Individuals

Organizations

Newspapers

Labor unions

Janos Marton

Individuals

Lucy Lang

Individuals

Eliza Orlins

Individuals

Organizations

Labor unions

Dan Quart

U.S. representatives

Local officials

State senators

State assemblymembers

Individuals

Organizations

Labor unions

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Tahanie Aboushi Alvin Bragg Liz Crotty Tali Farhadian Weinstein Diana Florence Lucy Lang Eliza Orlins Dan Quart Other Undecided
Data For Progress (D)[58] June 18–20, 2021 451 (LV) ± 5.0% 10% 34% 2% 25% 1% 6% 3% 6% 14%[a] –
Data For Progress (D)[59] June 7–13, 2021 642 (LV) ± 4.0% 7% 26% 5% 26% 2% 8% 2% 5% 21%[a] –
Benenson Strategy Group (D)[60][A] April 16–21, 2021 390 (LV) – 5% 6% 2% 16% 5% 12% 4% 3% 3% 44%
Tulchin Research (D)[61][B] April 6–11, 2021 500 (LV) ± 4.38% 11% 5% 2% 11% 2% 4% 2% 5% – 57%
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Debates and forum

More information No., Date ...
2021 Manhattan District Attorney Democratic primary debates and candidate forum
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Tahanie Aboushi Alvin Bragg Liz Crotty Tali Farhadian Weinstein Diana Florence Lucy Lang Eliza Orlins Dan Quart
1 May 13, 2021 Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Rachel Smith YouTube P P P P P P P P
2 Apr. 15, 2021 NYU Wagner Students for Ending Mass Incarceration Khalil Cumberbatch YouTube P P P P P P P P
3 Jun. 15, 2021 Asian American Bar Association of New York Issues Committee YouTube P P N P N P N N
3 Jun. 16, 2021[b] YouTube N N P N P N P N
4 New York City Bar Association Nicholas Turner YouTube P P P P P P P P
5 PoliticsNY Skye Ostreicher
Steve Witt
YouTube P N P P P P P P
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Results

By precinct

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Democratic primary[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alvin Bragg 85,720 34.2%
Democratic Tali Farhadian Weinstein 76,892 30.7%
Democratic Tahanie Aboushi 27,458 11.0%
Democratic Lucy Lang 18,910 7.5%
Democratic Diana Florence 12,246 4.9%
Democratic Liz Crotty 11,453 4.6%
Democratic Eliza Orlins 10,610 4.2%
Democratic Dan Quart 6,984 2.8%
Write-in 330 0.13%
Total valid votes 250,603 93.7%
Rejected ballots 16,908 6.3%
Total votes 267,511 100.0%
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Republican primary

Candidates

  • Thomas Kenniff, former prosecutor

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary[64]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Kenniff
Total votes 100.00%
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General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2021 Manhattan district attorney election debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Alvin Bragg Thomas Kenniff
1 MNN NYC Ben Max YouTube P P
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2021 Manhattan district attorney election[65]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alvin Bragg 211,686 83.6%
Republican Thomas Kenniff 41,211 16.3%
Write-in 397 0.1%
Total votes 253,294 100.0%
Democratic hold
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Notes

  1. "No One"
  2. Republican candidate Thomas Kenniff also participated in the June 16 forum
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by StudentsFirstNY, a pro-charter schools group
  2. Poll sponsored by Aboushi's campaign[62]

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