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Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
The bitter Democratic battle for Queens borough president finally ended Friday, nearly a month after Primary Day.
Though the city Board of Elections has yet to certify election results, candidate Elizabeth Crowley conceded the race to current Queens Borough Donovan Richards, who is seeking a full term after winning both a primary and a special election last year.
In a statement Friday afternoon, Crowley said that the opening of the final ballots made it clear that the “numbers are just not there for us to win the Democratic nomination.”
“Voters knew what was at stake and voted in record numbers with almost 200,000 Queens residents casting a ballot in this race, more than we have seen in generations, and I am proud that we received 49.7% of their votes in the final round,” she added.
Board Of Elections Releases Preliminary Tally Of City Council And Borough President Races
arrow A voting privacy booth at Bronx County Courthouse on June 22, 2021 David Cruz / Gothamist
Preliminary results in contests for all five borough presidents and nearly four-dozen New York City Council seats were finally released late Friday night following a two-day delay and counting snafuearlier this week by the New York City Board of Election.
But the latest tabulation did not incorporate absentee ballots, which may once again shift the rankings and final outcome. Most of those races, save for more than a dozen, will be decided through the city s new ranked-choice voting system. Ranked-choice voting advocates, including Councilmember Brad Lander, who is running for comptroller, have pushed the BOE to announce preliminary results to ensure the process was working, even if absentee ballots are not included.